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SECT. 7. ,/f defcription if the management of the Ixinks sf 



.,$e river at Rajb t fa far as it accompanies the detfifne t 



an extent t including all its "windings^ tf nearly t-wt m&f 



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SEVERAL years ago this weighty bufmefs ws.6 under- 

 tftkc5^s is was iforrfeea that^uulefi. ^e inipediments, 

 which obftrnSeddie regular oourfe'<rf the water, weife 

 removed, the beauty of the Tjvef:wo|ild be in a gfedt 

 meafoce lofb^ aa-d the prkicipal parts of tfee-adjiieflt 

 grounds foared, .and rendered almoft felefs, froai tfcfe 

 long continuance of the back-water, whkVby reafon 

 of the high banks' aloag. the river, Usould not efcapCj or 

 back into the bed of the river, when the water fell, 

 fubiided therein. 



The firft point moft neceflary to confider was, how 

 todjfpofe of thofe banks, or lips, to the beft advantage, 

 iwhkh almoft accompanied tlie river through the de- 

 mefne, and always near, and parallel to it. 



Where the ground happened to lie hollow, or lor 

 behind the Up, there was no difficulty in difpofmg of 

 the fluff to advantage, as it was either wheeled & 

 carted back, fo as to make the general fall to the river 

 as abrupt as the nature of the place could admit of, ia 

 order to prevent the like accumulation of land for the 

 time to come. But, previous to the taking away thofe 



banks, 



