" This tf acl fcems to be partly a deep mo- 

 e rafs floating upon water. 



There are a great number of mofTes and 

 moraffes, fome of which are of confiderable 

 extent, both in the highlands and low coun- 

 try. Moft of them could be drained at a ve- 

 ry fmall expence ; and the water might be 

 conducted to other barren fpots not far dit- 

 tant, and would greatly improve the paf- 

 ture. 



The want of a fufficient declivity to carry 

 off the water, renders it difficult to drain 

 fome moffes. But wherever we can find out 

 the feeder or fpring, which fupplies the mofs 

 with water, and which in fome places might 

 be done, the draining could be eafily effedl- 

 ed, by giving the water a different turn, a 

 confiderable way before it enters the mofs. 



In fome moffes, to render the draining 

 compleat, it may be neceffary to cut a drain 

 a confiderable cliftance below the mofs. 



Many landholders are, perhaps, deterred 

 from attempting to improve moffes and mo- 

 raffes, through an idea that the expence will 

 be immenfe. I am, however, convinced, and 

 fhall prefently almoft demonflrate, that, in 

 many fituations, if the work is properly ex- 

 ecuted. 



