water ftands dead ; the fine mould runs up, 

 but not fand, and fettles upon the furface, 

 which, in a courfe of years, makes it a very 

 rich foil. 



In fome fituations it would be worth the 

 proprietors consideration to run a dam acrofs 

 the river at the foot of a large flat field, made 

 up of loofe ftones, in order to raife the wa- 

 ter to make it run back. Or, perhaps, it 

 might be cheaper to cut a fmall canal a good 

 way above, to condu<5l the water to the un- 

 derpart of a large flat piece of ground, which 

 could be let in and out at pleafure. This 

 would anfwer very well in time of great 

 drought. It is only rare fituations will admit 

 of this. 



There is an amazing quantity of fine 

 ground ruined by river-fides being negledled, 

 which, if attended to, might be made the 

 richeft in Britain, and dunged for nothing, 

 being water-fed, by following the above 

 plan. 



It is wrong to bank out the water, and not 

 allow it to come in at the foot at pleafure. 



Wherever you have a command of muddy 

 water to overflow the whole field, there is no 



need 



