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found and ftrong, and the pales the famej 

 for, if they are the leaft unfound, and he 

 takes a long leafe, his expences will run up 

 almoft beyond calculation. In . this cafe, 

 too much caution cannot be ufed. The 

 beft agreement would he. to .engage, as fail: 

 as the pales decay, to pull them quite up, an<J 

 make a new hedge a-rxl ditch well planted, 

 and to convert the found parts of the old 

 fence into mending fuch'as remain; and 

 this would be for the landlord's intereft a$ 

 well as the tenant's. 



VII. Wails are common fences in , nu- 

 merous counties, where quarries are^fburKl 

 under the furface, or many fepara.te large 

 ftones upon it that will aclmit breaking. 

 Well laid, either dry or in mortar, they 

 are the bffl of all fences ; and a moft fa- 

 vourable circumftance it is to a farm, to 

 have it fo well inclofecl as to leave the farmer 

 in an abfolute certainty pf : jmding his cattle 

 where he turns them; colts as well as 

 cows, and even bogs ei$ well as #>eeps 

 Such excellent fences add greatly to the va~ 

 lue of a farm, and ought to be calculated by 

 a new tenant, as well as any difadvanr 

 tageous circumftances I have mentioned. 



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