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anfxvcr the purpofe of both enclofing and draining, may 

 be confidered an aukward manner of difpofing of the 

 fields and enclofurcs, yet, in wet and expofed fituations, 

 it fliould be preferred to any regular mode, for the fol- 

 lowing good reafona. Firft, draining the land is con- 

 fiderably, if not wholly dirainifhed, by the act of en- 

 clofing : fecondly, flicker is rendered more complete, 

 by following the natural and meandering courfes ot 

 the fprings : and, thirdly, when thofe ditches are 

 planted with foreft-trces, the fhelter is not only more 

 complete, but the whole fpace, as far as the improve- 

 ments are carried on, appears a folid body of planting 

 from many points of view. 



By attending to thofe natural circumftances, and 

 planting a few trees in the interfeftions of fields, which 

 might be always done at very little expence, both 

 beauty and profit would always be the reward of the 

 proprietor. 



In general, attention is paid to the draining of fertile 

 bogs, fo far as they are connected with, or lie conveni- 

 ent to arable land. In fuch fituations, immediately at 

 the junction of the bog and arable, the foil fcarcely 

 ever fails to be rich and fertile, and particularly if the 

 arable rifes boldly over the bog. Draining in fuch 

 cafes is not the great objeft of the farmer ; his aim is 

 manure for his farm, in which he is feldom difappointed. 

 Some more prudently attend to both objects, manure 



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