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the whole of it with water from the river 5 

 and this method he praftifed with fuch fuc- 

 cefs, that he raifcd three crops of hay in one 

 year. The gentleman from whom I had this 

 account told me, that he faw fome of thefc 

 hay crops, and that they were the weightiefi 

 he ever beheld. 



The laft inftance which I fhall mention of 

 the great advantages of embanking, I receiv- 

 ed from John Erikine, Efq; of Mar. He in- 

 formed me, that he has banked in about 45 

 or 50 acres all taken off the river upon the 

 fide of the Forth, below Alloa. The bank is 

 about ten feet high, and very broad at the 

 bafe, all raifed from the mud and turf, with- 

 out any ilone. The Hope of the bank is one 

 foot in five. This he has covered over with 

 green turf, taken from the infide of the bank. 

 It may appear furprifing, that when they firft 

 began to raiie the bank, there was nothing 

 but mud in the infide, and that very loofe and 

 deep ; yet, before the bank was fmifhed, they 

 got as much green turf from the infide, as to 

 cover the whole of the floping bank, which 

 ftands very well, and refills the force of both 

 land-floods and tides. 



The ground in the infide is now turned 



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