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adopted, and have been already carried on to a con- 

 fiderable extent, and are at prefent in a progreffivc 

 (late. 



Hitherto the expence of the funk fence was found 

 to be nearly the fame, by the running perch, as that of 

 theLouth fence, namely, about i6/., divided as follows; 

 4/. for the excavation, los. for ftone-work, which in- 

 cludes quarrying, drawing, and building, and 2s. for 

 doping, dreffing, and fodding. 



In feveral parts, fmall bogs and quick-fands oc- 

 curred. In fuch places, great precaution was ncceflary 

 to fecure the foundation, which was done by bedding 

 ftrong hurdles, made principally of oak, under the 

 ftones ; the hurdles are commonly four feet broad, 

 and the centre of the wall is always placed on the cen- 

 tre of the hurdle. The largefl ftones are made choice* 

 of for the foundations, both for this and the Louth 

 fence, and more particularly fo in foft foils, or where 

 the,re is any hazard of one part fubfiding more than 

 another. Another precaution was found neceflary, 

 both in cafes of Louth and funk fences, namely, two 

 feafons are allowed to fini(h the ftone-work, where 

 the foundations are not good, or appear doubtful. The 

 wall is generally raifed three or four feet high the 

 fir ft feafon, and the year following is finifhed off. It 

 was alfo found neceflary to leave a fmall fpace un- 

 Wilt, at the junction of the firm and boggy foils, as 

 the wall, when built on the latter, was always found 



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