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themj this objection is certainly juft; but in this coun- 

 try, where timber is fo fcarce, there is no other method 

 of protecting the quicks ; but, when thefe are grown 

 to a proper height and thicknefs, why fliould not the 

 trench be filled up? which may be done partly with 

 ftones, thereby preferving its quality as a drain; and 

 the ftones being covered with earth, the land may be 

 cultivated to the edge, fo that nothing of it fhall be 

 loft but the bank, and even it not entirely fo, as in time 

 it will afford fome grafs. This mode I find to anfwer 

 particularly well on the fides of hills, nor do I fee why, 

 in moft fituations, it may not with equal propriety be 

 carried into execution. 



Sunk fences are getting much into fafhion in gen- 

 tlemens' improvements ; they are, without doubt, the 

 beft adapted of any others to form the neceflary divj- 

 fions in a demefne, as, with them, you may follow 

 every inclination of the ground, without breaking in 

 upon the beauty of the whole, aqd have at the fame 

 time the convenience of a diteh and drain, without the 

 disadvantage of injuring your view, befides the benefit 

 of a quantity of earth, which, when properly mixed 

 with lime or dung, forms a fupply of manure for the 



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adjoining grounds ; another circumftance in their fa- 

 vour is this, you lofe only the breadth of the drain, 

 .the land being profitable to the brink. White-thorn 

 quicks are thofe in general ufe; they are generally 

 planted in fingle rows, and are no more than one or 



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