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somewhat less, above that, upon more congested 

 mould, plant another rank of sets, so as to point 

 just in the middle of the vacuities of the first, 

 which I conceive enough. This is but for the 

 single foss ; but if you would fortify it to the 

 purpose, do as much on the other side, of the 

 same depth, height, and planting ; and then, 

 last of all, cap the top v&pyramis with the worst, 

 or bottom of the ditch. Some, if the mould be 

 good, plant a row or two on the hedge, or very 

 crest of the mound, which ought to be a little 

 flattened. Here also many set their dry hedge ; 

 for hedges must be hedged till they are able to 

 defend and shade their under plantation, and I 

 cannot reprove it ; but great care is to be had 

 in this work, that the main bank be well footed, 

 and not made with too sudden a declivity, 

 which is subject to fall in after frosts and wet 

 weather, and this is good husbandry for moist 

 grounds ; but where the land lies high, and is 

 hot and gravelly, I prefer the lower fencing ; 

 which, though even with the area itself, may be 

 protected with stakes and a dry hedge on the 

 foss side, the distance competent, and to very 

 good purposes of educating more frequent tim- 

 ber amongst the rows. 



Your hedge being yet young should be con- 

 stantly weeded two or three years, especially 

 before mid-summer, of brambles, the great dock, 

 lo 



