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the dyke ; throw the mould that comes out 

 of the ditch to the back of the dyke, plant 

 the thorns upon the top of this, which is an 

 immediate fence upon both fides, whenever 

 the fods begin to moulder down, which may 

 perhaps be in twenty years, if properly done. 

 When decayed, face up the dyke with ftones. 

 By thefe means, a very large muir may be 

 inclofed in a few months, at a fmall expence ; 

 and whenever the hedge is a fence of itfelfy 

 the ditch may be filled up. 



Suppofing the Duke of Gordon was to be- 

 gin to inclofe a few fields next to Fort Wil- 

 liam ; after draining, to pare and burn, and 

 to fow grafs feed with the firft crop, either 

 with lime, or without it ; then to feu it out 

 into fmall incloliires, as is mentioned in Na- 

 tional Improvements, pages 250, 339, and 

 390. If this was once begun on a regular 

 plan, it would furprife his Grace how rapid- 

 ly die feuing would go on. The feuers would 

 build their own houfes being reftrided to the 

 plan laid down. 



All the inclofures ought to be planted with 

 thorns, as is mentioned in Efiayix. page 133, 

 and more particularly, p. 138. The thorn 



K k hedges, 



