APPENDIX. 9 



only planting two-year-old quicks. Timber-trees afr 

 feldom planted with quicks in the demefne. 



The fliape of the ditch, when finifhed, is thus.* 



In a few years, -when the hedge becomes ftrong, 

 which is moft commonly the cafe the third year, the 

 fpace a, b, c y according to the line a, c, is floped and 

 drefled, and fo is the bank d, e t to the ftone-courfe at^*. 

 Both flopes are drefled with the fward, between b t and 

 t y and fwarth borrowed from any neighbouring fpot 

 but, when the fward is fcarce, hay-feed will anfwer ; 

 it is common to ufe the fward on the face of the bank 

 from d y to e t and fow the dope, a t c y with hay-feed. 



This mode always produces a good effect, and it is 

 rery evident it is economical. It is chiefly confined, 

 however, to where the foil is difpofed to wet or moiC- 

 ture 5 for, where it is perfectly dry, and there is no 

 hazard in filling the ditches, the hedges are cut down 



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* Coft from 2s. to 2t. 6J. by the running perch ; and, 

 when the (loping and dreffing takes place, the price by the 

 perch is from ^d. to 6d. 



