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Grafs 5 as alfo by Dripping, for Grafs needs 

 no Shelter, that abiding any Weather : And in 

 cafe the cold Spring keeps k back, it fears no 

 Drought, but has Water and Heat fufficient 

 in itfelf to bring it forwards ^ fo that 'tis unpro- 

 fitable in fuch Ground to have numerous Fences, 

 unlcfs proper j^quatick Plants are fet, whofi? 

 Shrouds exceed in Value the Grafs they fpoil, 

 which may well be done in Rows, and on the 

 Edges of the Banks, d^c. and will amount to a 

 confiderable Improvement if the right Kind be 

 chofen. We every Year experience the Be- 

 nefit of Enclofures more and more^ and I be* 

 lieve it was never fo much praftis'd as at this 

 prefent Time. I have obferv'd in fevcral 

 Parts of Engla?id, in my Travels lately, con- 

 fiderable Enclofures of Waftes, Commons, 

 Downs, and other before almoft ufelefs Lands, 

 which indeed have put me out of the former 

 Road, but given me a very agreeable Profped 

 of the Produfts from the Improvement. Open 

 Lands, of little Value, when enclosed, till'd, 

 and well ordered, will generally prove excel- 

 lent good, and fuddenly repay the prefeqt 

 great Expence incident to Enclofures: Arid 

 neither the popular ill-grounded Argument 

 of its contributing to the Impoverifliing of 

 Land, nor the feveral Interefts of Propri- 

 etors, nor yet Highways that frequently go 

 over open Lands, d^f. fhould be any Impe- 

 diment to this great Piece of Hufbandry. But 

 Care niuft be taken to plant fuch Trees, and 

 in fuch a Manner as they may fucceed well, 

 which leads me to treat of Fences, The 



