iides of the river fhould be floped, then co- 

 vered with green turf. 



Thirdly, The whole land overflowed fhould 

 be banked in to prevent the water from run- 

 ing, but left open at the bottom, fo as to al- 

 low the water to run up in time of floods, 

 which would greatly enrich the land, either 

 in corn or pafture. 



It is wrong to inclofe too large a tradl of 

 land, without fluices to let in the water at 

 pleafure. For when the water has to run a 

 great way up, it is clear before it reaches the 

 upper part of the field; and the more muddy 

 the water is, it enriches the land the bet- 

 ter. 



When a very large field is banked in, it 

 would be a great improvement to divide it 

 into different inclofures of ten or twenty 

 acres, with a bank to run acrofs the breadth 

 of the whole, fuch as Mr Hugh Tod has 

 done at Ruthven; and immediately above 

 the bank to have a fluice to draw up and ftiut 

 at pleafure : By which means, it could let in 

 the water, when flooded, into one field, and 

 fluit it out from another. This would make 

 the water come in at the bottom of each field, 



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