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ing and cutting the ditches at firft were >. 

 fo great as any one would imagine from fee-* 

 ing them. Being mofs, it was not difficult 

 to cut ; and by perfevering in the fame plan, 

 the foil will become richer every year ; al- 

 though I do not approve of taking fo many 

 crops of oats running. But this mews the 

 fertilizing effels of the water. 



The fourth inftance I fhall mention is, that 

 a gentleman, \\Loie veracity I can depend 

 upon, told me, that the tenant of certain 

 lands on a river-fide in England, where fe- 

 veral corn-mills had been eredled, came to 

 the proprietor, and told him, that if he would 

 allow the miKs to be deftroyed, he would ilill 

 pay him the fame rent he was wont to pay 

 for both mills and farm. The proprietor at 

 firft refufcd his offer r alledg ing that he mould 

 lofe the multure for his mills ; but, after 

 taking the matter into confide ration, he of- 

 fered to agree to the terms propofed, if the 

 tenant would give him L. 100 yearly of ad- 

 vanced rent. This the tenant engaged to do, 

 and then threw the whole of this low ground, 

 which was of considerable extent, into grafs. 

 Having the advantage of the falls for the 

 mills, it v/ r as now in his power to overflow 



