102 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



Walls thus built, particularly if the mud 

 inclines to, or is for the most part composed 

 of clay, will stand well, and last for many 

 years. A little more base being given, they 

 might be carried to the height of five or six 

 feet, and would be good fences on plain 

 ground. 



And here an idea occurs : I have seen, in 

 gome parts of the North, a kind of turf wall 

 built with sand, set on a low bank, not ele- 

 vated above the common level, but formed 

 by excavating, on both sides, the turf and 

 sand whereof the wall is made. I have ob- 

 served, for the most part, this kind of fence 

 is made at random ; that is, sometimes the 

 face of the bank and the face of the wall 

 form one slope from bottom to top, and some- 

 times a shelf is formed at the conjunction of 

 the bank and wall. Mighfr not a wall com- 

 posed and built as above, being placed on a 

 low, solid bank of this kind, and having one 

 continued slope from bottom to top, at once 

 be, and continue for many years a good 

 iVnce ? 



In the present point of view, it would be 

 more effectual than in the case above men- 



