ture in fummer, and drain the water frorrt 

 the roots in winter. Water Handing in win- 

 ter in the ditches, ruins the hedges altoge- 

 ther. But the mofl effectual way to make 

 thefe fences good, is by facing up the ditches 

 with ftone three feet and a half high from 

 the bottom of the ditch, which ought to be 

 made a little deeper and wider before die 

 flones are built ; the mould taken out of the 

 ditch, and thrown upon the top ; then to 

 plant the thorns upon the top about two feet 

 from the edge of the ftones. This, with 

 digging for fome years after being planted, 

 will very foon make a good fence, and it will 

 continue fo, both to hold out and in. 



I faw very few good fences in the whole 

 county. Dr M'Readie of Peiflon had the 

 beft, and a few others whofe names I did not 

 know. 



It is fomewhat furprizing to fee almoft a 

 whole county at fo much expence for inclof- 

 ing, and yet fuffering it to go to ruin for 

 want of taking proper care. Unlefs hedges 

 are looked carefully after for the firft five or 

 fix years after being planted, they might as 

 well not be planted. 



The fourth obfervation is, That a great 



many 



