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ble above, except the superiour fertility of the 

 spot, which, indeed, is sometimes distinctly to 

 be traced in lines corresponding to the drains 

 beneath. By this means the beauty of the 

 field is preserved, besides that no land is 

 wasted. 



Meadows and pasture land do not of course 

 require, or admit, of the labour of arable fields. 

 Nevertheless, they need attention ; and if the 

 land be at all good, they fully repay it. Grass 

 lands, like others, will, in a short time, be over- 

 run with weeds and suckers from trees, if 

 neglected. Instruments are invented, there- 

 fore, as we have seen, to delve these out ; and 

 the more diligently they are used the better ; 

 for even the grass is rendered more vigorous 

 by the movement of the soil thus occasioned. 

 The herbage also needs renewal sometimes, by 

 having fresh hay -seeds, &c. scattered over it. 

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