On reclaiming Marsh Land, 



out the site for the intended bank, at such a suitable dis- 

 tan'ie from the margin of the river or creek (as the case 

 mriy be) as to allow a sufficient space for a guard against 

 the swells of the water in stormy weather, and for the 

 preparation of mud, to make and keep in repair, at a dis- 

 tance not nearer than four roods from said bank. Should 

 the marsh be composed of a mat of sedges or reed-roots, 

 (as a preparation for the intended bank) the labourers 

 should remove, one spit deep of the roots, and lay them 

 aside to be packed oti the bank when nearly finished. 



The trenche-j from whence the mud is to be taken, are 

 to be served in th^ same manner, because such hard sods 

 can never be sufficiently packed, but that they will admit 

 the water. The surface being now removed, they will 

 proceed to cut and wheel the good mud into the bed de- 

 signed for the bank. To do this properly, it will be ne- 

 cessary that the labourers should be apportioned to the 

 different parts of the intended bank in separate gangs, as 

 the work will then be carried on to the best advantage, 

 not only to themselves, but their employers. A gang is 

 composed of five hands, two to cut and load the wheel 

 barrows with mud, two to wheel it to the bank, and one 

 to be there stationary as a packer. The business of a 

 packer is to lay out the bank, pack every sod of mud that 

 is delivered to him by the wheelers, and attend strictly 

 to the carrying up the bank, in its true proportion and pro- 

 per height ; he is also to assist in making the gangways 

 to run the wheel barrows on. As to the size of the bank, 

 the owner must be governed entirely by circumstances ; 

 if his marsh is situated upon a water subject to freshets, 

 which swell the tides beyond their ordinary level, or, is of 

 a spongy or miry bottom ; or, if lying on a loosing shore, 

 or subject to be beaten on by particular stormy winds, 

 which raise the tides ; in any of these cases he must 



