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practised on the sides of all roads and 

 lanes whatever. Many .and dangerous are 

 the accidents happening daily, by carts, wag- 

 gons, and coaches being " turned into the 

 ditch:' 



With regard to TRAINING THE HEDGE, 

 I will briefly observe, that according to its 

 strength and progress the two or three first 

 years, clipping is to be commenced ; that 

 the sides only, not the top, are to be touched, 

 until the latter is regularly about a yard 

 high ; that then, the hedge may be topt, to 

 make it bush the better ; and that forthwith, 

 the sides and top are to be trained with the 

 shears and bill, in such a manner as to re- 

 semble the highly pitched roof of a house, or 

 the end of a triangular prism, whose base is 

 three, and perpendicular six feet. Thus 

 forming, as above said, one uniform surface 

 from the bottom of the ditch to the extre- 

 mity of the hedge ; lying in a gently reclin- 

 ing manner, about nine feet in height ; su- 

 perior, in reality and effect, to the best wall 

 of this height, in the kingdom. 



From this time forward, the care turns on 

 the other side of the balance. Hitherto, we 



