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The folid, a,b,c, is made ufe of for the back d; or 

 as much fluff as may be necefTary may be procured to- 

 wards e\ f t ftones or bru(h-wood to fave the quicks g t 

 and prevent cattle from creeping up on the face of the 

 ditch. 



After fome time, when leifure ferves to build the 

 Louth fence, the folid lump h t is cut away, which ad- 

 mits of a fure and folid foundation for the (lone-work. 

 But, the feafon before this operation is to take place, 

 in cafe the quicks fhould have got too ftrong, it is nc- 

 ceflary to cut them quite clofe, in order to have a 

 young growth, capable of being bent down in a hori- 

 zontal direction, to comply with the ftone-work. But 

 when the ftone-work reaches within about three inches 

 of the quick, a thin fod fhould be laid on the flones j 

 the fame precaution fhould be ufed over the quick, 

 which prevents it from being cut or galdtd by the 

 {tones either above or below, which would foon be the 

 cafe without taking this remedy. I fhould have re- 

 marked this precaution before, in building thefe fences, 

 where temporary ditches are not in queflion ; but it 

 would naturally occur to any intelligent perfon, who 

 Jias feen any fences faced with ftone, where the quicks 

 are perpetually breaking off for want of a free circula- 

 tion of the fap. 



For my own part, I am a great advocate for this 

 kind of fence, as an outward boundary to a demefqe. 

 Even without being quickcd, it is proof againft man 



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