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forms the rice, or that part woven through the flakes, 

 fhould be very clofe ; fir-branches of any fort, broom, 

 furze, or juniper, are very well calculated for this pur- 

 pofe. About eighteen inches is the ufnal height of this 

 fiinple barrier above the furface of the water at low- 

 water-mark, as its ufe is only temporary to detain the 

 fand, becaufe the reed-grafs, and other water-plants 

 placed behind it, foon penetrate through it, and join 

 the water in the courfe of one or twq feafons, and 

 overwhelm thejiabe and rice altogether. 



The bare parts of the bank, behind thejtake and rice 

 hedge, are in general filled up with young trees of 

 fpruce and Scotch firs (the former is the beft) of dif- 

 ferent lengths ; thefe are cut down, for the purpofe of 

 thinning the young plantations, with their branches 

 quite entire, and placed in the breaches of the banks, 

 or where the water is difpofed to make any impref- 

 fions, as clofe as they can be packed together, inclining 

 the tops fomewhat in the direction of the water ; thefe 

 are laid down, and fecured with any rough pieces of 

 wood, which are in general about the thicknefs of the 

 fmall part of a man's leg. In order to fecure thefe 

 pieces firmly, hooked Aakes are driven a confiderable 

 way into the bank, fo that the hooked part of the flake 

 may come in contact with the leger or rough piece, 

 which binds down the brufh-wood. In fome cafes, 

 where the breaches are not confiderable, fods and 

 Hones are ufed to fecure the brufh-wood from being 



carried 



