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the meadow, till it has pa/Ted the flat grounds to F. Materials being had from 

 the drains, &c. to raife the ground high enough to convey the water in the 

 main on to F. which being the high ground, it is then carried cad and weft, 

 the fame as the main B B. Trenches are taken out of it, to water thr 

 lower pare of the meadow. Trenches are alfo drawn out of the main that, 

 runs north and fouth, to water the flat part the oppofite way; with drain:- 

 between them to carry off the water into the weft fence ditch. At E a wear L 

 built to Hop the water, and turn it into the trenches above it; at Fa fluicc is 

 placed to turn the water into the main A C. For the fame reafon, the flukes 

 A D and K are fet at the mouths of thefe trenches to force the water down 

 to the lower divifions of the meadow. The trench-drains A E and A F con 

 vey the water from the upper pane of the main A C, and alfo from one of 

 the crofs trenches A H. And A F and A B do the fame from the other, crofs 

 trench A G. To water this meadow it will be neceflary to divide it into two,, or 

 perhaps three turns, if water mould be.fcarce. One turn will.be made by open 

 ing the wear C, and (hutting that, at D ; the fluices G and H being alfo opened, 

 the water will flow over tile lower (Id6 of the main B B from Dto M, down all 

 thofe trenches that are taken out of it;, and will be carried off from the trench- 

 drains by the principal drain A B to C C. Thus will that part of the meadow 

 be watered. Another, turn is made by (hutting the wear C, opening D, and 

 ihuttingE.. The fluice H. being flopped, and the fluices I, A D and K opened, 

 that divifion of meadow from the wear D to E will be watered, and the panes on 

 each fide of the main B B alfo, by the water flowing, over, its- banks as it pafles 

 along; which is carried off on the one fide by the river, on the other by theprio~ 

 clpal drain A B.; and alfo from the panes on each fide of .the trenches A. G and AH 

 by the fame drains A B, and the trench. drains A,F and A E into the weft. fence 

 drain to C C. The other turn is made by fhutting. the fluices I, A D arid K, open 

 ing the wear E, and fo much of the fluices F and L, as -will let water enough 

 through to fupply the trenches below them ;. keeping that at. F partly in, to 

 turn the w r ater into AC, and that at L the^fame alfo, partly to check, the water, 

 and force it over the fides -of the. fmall main A C, and into the trenches, i, 2, 3, 4. 

 The reafon for putting the fluice acrofssthe fmall main A Cat L. is, that part is 

 fuppofed to be flat ground from L quite to C C ; confeqyently, the water would, . 

 if not prevented, run fofafttiown to the ends of the trenches, 5,, 6, as to draw all . 

 off from the high grounds, from L upwards. The fmall main A C is too wide 

 to be checked by a .bend at that place ; bcfides, it would not anfvver fo well, to j 

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