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divided at right angles, into a number of in- 

 clofures equal in fize. The number mufl be 

 determined by the ftate of the mofs. Sup 

 pofing fixteen divifions are fufficient, they 

 will be about 40 acres each. If 32, 20 acres, 

 or if 64, 10 acres. 



The drains mould all be equal in fize, ten 

 feet wide at the top, four feet deep, and two 

 feet wide at bottom. From thefe proportions 

 they would hare a confiderable flope, which 

 would prevent the earth from falling in. The 

 Hopes mould be fowed with grafs feeds as 

 foon as caft ; and in a few weeks, in fummer, 

 a fwaird would be formed upon it. 



The earth taken out of tne ditches mould 

 be thrown to as great a diftance on each fide, 

 as the workmen can throw it off the fpade. 

 But if the mofs is very loofe, a man mould 

 be employed on each fide, to throw it farther 

 back, that the weight may not prefs in the 

 mofs. 



The plan of villages affords an exact re- 

 prefentation of the drains here propofed ; if 

 we confider the ftreets in the plan as repre- 

 fenting ditches. 



If there is any difficulty in keeping the 

 drains open, another method may be ufed, 

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