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of hay or corn. Sometimes advantage is taken of fome 

 tree to hang the gate to, and it not unfrequently hap- 

 pens, that another tree may correfpond to (hut it to ; 

 and there have been inftances of trees falling in to an- 

 fwer for heel-pofts for the gate. 



4. Drains as Fences in boggy and fwatnpy fttuations. 

 Where it may be neceffary to introduce fences of this 

 defcription, they muft be done with patience and cau- 

 tion, as, if performed the firft feafon, they feldom fuc- 

 ceed, being fubject to flip and give way at the fides, 

 and to fwell upwards at bottom. 



The ufual mode here is to fmk them about two feet 

 and a half the firft feafon, which is moft commonly 

 done in fummcr weather. The weight of the fluff, 

 thrown out of the drain, ferves to prefs out the water 

 of the fpace under ft, and thus by degrees it becomes 

 folid. In many cafes three feafons arc found neceflary 

 to accomplifti this buflnefs. 



Thofe fences are generally made double, forming 

 between a fpacious bank thus. 



By thus intercepting the water on both fides of the 

 bank, it in fome time becomes folid, and fit to nourifh 



trees, 



