116 0?i cleaj-'mp- Land, and on Fences. 



Ihose who pursue the Yankee practice of clearing 

 grounds, do not appear to be any better governed by 

 tlie principles of reason, than the girdkrs ; for although 

 they prefer grounds which are heavily timbered, it is 

 merely because those grounds are not infested with 

 grubs, bramble, &.c. and aiford ample combustibles 

 to burn the soil, sufficiently for the immediate growth 

 of luxuriant grain crops, requiring little labour in their 

 cultivation. 



The fences of this country are, generally, either the 

 common worm fence, or those constructed with logs. 

 For the former, rails are generally split, but when poles 

 fitted for the purpose are found at hand, they are some, 

 times used. The log fences are formed of such tim- 

 ber as is readily cut and put up, and are br.ilt in a di- 

 rect line, with the ends intersecting and lying close 

 to each other, where they join, and those ends are sup- 

 ported by short pieces of small timber, split for that 

 purpose ; both those fences are good, when they have 

 been properly made, but it is probable the latter are 

 most expensive, although they are considered the 

 cheapest, but they do not calculate the extra whiskey, 

 and other good cheer, introduced on such occasions, 

 nor the labour they are bound to return, when their 

 neighbours have to encounter the same work. 



Another kind of fence which is only partially used 

 here, and principally by the indolent, or those who 

 cannot afford time sufficient to put up others, which 

 are considered much better, has claimed more atten^ 

 tion from me than any other, for I consider them far 

 the best and cheapest, and exactly calculated for a new 



