294- THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



SECTION III. 



Of Stone Walls. 



1st. WALLS BUILT WITH STONE AND LIME, 

 next to well managed hedges, are the most 

 durable fences. In many parts of the coun- 

 try, however, particularly where lime is 

 scarce, they are erected at considerable ex- 

 pence ; nor are they generally kept up for a 

 trifle. 



The dimensions of what may be termed 

 a good fence are, twenty-four inches thick 

 at bottom, twenty inches at top, and six 

 feet high under the coping ; which, if pro- 

 perly set on for a fence of this description, 

 will raise it ten or twelve inches higher. 

 The medium height, however, may be reck- 

 oned at a foot less than the above ; and 

 many are found even two feet lower : but 

 just grounds of complaint against their ef- 

 fect, as fences, not unfrequently occur. 



It may be unnecessary to say, that the 

 wall should be well built ; every honest 



