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C H A P. V, 



Of Ipiprovements hy Dramhig 

 of Fenny Lands ^ &c. 



HERE are two Sorts of Fenny- 

 Lands, viz>. thofe as are conftandy 

 wet, only in a dry Time fhallower 

 than in a moift Seafon, and thofe 

 that are only cafualJy drown'd by up-land 

 Floods and great Rains : The laft are gene- 

 rally of a very large Extent, and fituate upon 

 a Level 3 fo that the Water cannot run off 

 from them, but it remains 'till the dry Wea- 

 ther occafions it to be fuck'd up. In draining 

 cither of thefe Sorts of Lands two Things 

 are to be confider'd, either the laying of them 

 abfolutely dry, or diverting of the Land- 

 Floods, Rains, &c. The former makes a per- 

 feft Cure, and is efiFecled thus : If your 

 Grounds lye between Hills, which have gene- 

 rally Defcent enough to drain them, but have 

 Sprmgspentby a Weight of Earth, that dams 

 in the Water, fometimes caufing it to fpread 

 on the Ground fo far as it is foft^ in the 



drain- 



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