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point of enclofures, generally fmall, from one to fix 

 acres; and very few enclofures are formed, without 

 being planted with thorn quicks, and timber trees. 



About Cooks-town the enclofures are very regular, 

 and jfcjicioufly laid out in town-parks, and upon an 

 extenfive fcale, which, with many other ufeful and ex- 

 tenfive improvements, reflect the greatefl honour oa 

 the late and prefent proprietors. 



SECT. 8. Nature of Fences. 



THE nature of fences varies with circumfiances, 

 or locality of fituations. ''.^ 1 



In mountanous fituations, where flones are plenty, 

 dry walls, badly built, are commonly made ufe of. 

 Where culture is in queflion, this mode ferves two 

 ends, namely firfl, by clearing the land of flones, and 

 fecondly, for fences to divide it ; on this account, if the 

 flones be found very numerous, the enclofures are 

 made fmall, and the wallf very thick, at bottom 

 fometimes four feet, and commonly four feet high. 

 This the farmers confider a cheaper mode, than that 

 of drawing part of the flones away altogether, in 

 which they are perfectly right when over-flocked with 

 flones, which in thofe fituations is ufually the cafe. 



When flones are not found fufficiently plenty to 

 form dry walls, fod-walls are introduced, fometimes 



When 



