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planted be tolerably good ; and if it be pro- 

 perly cared for, they may frequently last till 

 the hedge becomes a fence. 



The dead-hedge should be formed of the 

 best of the brush-wood ; should be well in- 

 termixed, small and great together ; should 

 be placed upright, just where directed for 

 the dykt\ to the depth of a foot into the 

 banking, and to the height of a yard above 

 it ; from a foot to eighteen inches in thick- 

 ness; rammed hard together, and set firm 

 and steady ; and, when finished, clipt top 

 and sides, in a neat manner, that it be not 

 displaced in cleaning the fence. 



There are various modes of placing the 

 railing. Some place it upright, on the top 

 of the bank ; others on the outside of the 

 ditch ; and some place a rail in either situ- 

 ation. But this latter cannot be proper, nor 

 of any use whatever, in the case of fencing 

 a Plantation. Our fear here lies all on one 

 side, and is from without. A sufficient rail, 

 being placed on the outward lip of the 

 ditch, would certainly be most effectual; 

 but such seldom withstand both the rubbing, 



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