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to fink for the foundation, and the ground afterwards 

 floped fo far as may be found neceflary to form the 

 bank. I by no means advifc that any fluff fhould be 

 collected from behind the wall, to affift the forming 

 of the bank, where there might be any hazard of in- 

 juring the foil when intended to be planted, or that it 

 had been already planted, which here is almoft univer- 

 fally the cafe as far as this kind of fence is completed, 

 or where it is intended to be introduced. 



At Rafh the planting has gone on fo rapidly, and 

 particularly on the weft and north-weft afpefts, where 

 the Louth fences are principally adopted, that to wait 

 for the completion of them would keep the planta- 

 tions back, and retard their progrefs. Common ditches 

 were therefore adopted and introduced, exaclly in the 

 direction in which the Louth fences were to run. In 

 this cafe the only objeft was to form a ftout bank, with 

 an off-fet, and quicked as formerly defcribed, without 

 letting any regard to the depth or form of the gripe, 

 the depth of which feldom exceeds three feetj the 

 reafon of which {hall prefently appear from the fol- 

 lowing (ketch. 



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