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in place of fatening the fheep, has a tendency 

 to rot them. 



It aftonilhed me in this journey, to fee the 

 very beft parts of the foil and pafture, at the 

 foot of many hills, all in bogs and morafs j 

 when, having fo great a declivity, it could 

 be eafily made the richeft part, either for paf- 

 ture, hay or corns, at the fmall expence of a 

 few open drains, if the proprietor did not chufe 

 to be at the expence of covered drains ; which, 

 however, would not be great, having fo many 

 ftones at hand. See page 171, EfTay vii. p. 1 1 8. 



It gave me great pleafure to fee the Rev. 

 Dr MTherfon's fmall farm at Dallamillie, 

 whofe improvements are as good and fubftan- 

 tial as any in the low country. His funk 

 fences, faced with ftone, are uncommonly 

 good. All that is wanted to make them e- 

 qual with the beft in Scotland, is, to plant 

 them with thorns upon the top of five years 

 old, which would grow very rapidly, the 

 foil being very much adapted for them, and 

 would alfo tend greatly to make each inclo- 

 lure warmer. 



The Do6torhas a commando! lime, which 



with peatt, Hehaa 1 ike wife fo me 



tine- 



