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most needful,) I should suppose, to pin or 

 dash the surface with lime would be found 

 sufficient; and also to keep the wall in a 

 sound state, till the hedge became a com- 

 plete fence. 



The coping is generally formed of two 

 courses of sod ; the one inverted or laid green 

 side down upon the dyke, and the other 

 laid green side up upon it ; being dressed 

 in the edges, laid on while wettish, and made 

 to project about two inches beyond the face 

 of the wall on either side. 



It has been said, in the preamble to this 

 chapter, that in certain cases, the dyke or 

 wall might be formed of turf-peats, or> 

 rudely formed, unburnt bricks, &c. From 

 what has been advanced above, it will not 

 be difficult to conceive how to proceed with 

 them. But the reader may see farther on 

 this subject, in Section IV. of the present 

 Chapter. 



5 My. DEAD-HEDGE, OR RAILING, in 

 cases where the above materials cannot ea- 

 sily be procured, or where the others abound, 

 and are cheap, may be found good substi- 

 tutes ; and, if the soil wherein the hedge is 



