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fmall the expence would be, and the advan- 

 tages fo great, when properly conducted, a- 

 greeable to this plan. 



Thefe places would not only produce ex- 

 traordinary crops in moft feafons; but they 

 have this advantage over moft of the other 

 grounds in the country, that in a very great 

 drought, when the crops fail in almoft every 

 other place, all thefe places that have been much 

 overflowed in winter, would produce very 

 weighty crops, both of hay, pafture and 

 corns, more particularly, a great crop of lint> 

 as they could be flooded when growing. 



Thefe are the only places where a good and 

 weighty crop of flax can be depended upon ; 

 and, at the fame time, the flax would be 

 much finer. Witnefs the flax crop in Hol- 

 land and in Egypt. What is it that has made 

 Egypt fo much renowned in all ages for fine 

 flax, but the overflowing of the river Nile ? 



Although it is not pretended that we could 

 raife fuch great crops, or fo fine as in Egypt ; 

 yet thefe places that were water-fed for many 

 years, would produce as much upon one acre, 

 as the other grounds upon two or three acres, 

 and the flax much finer. This of itfelf ought 

 to induce the practice recommended , although 



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