31O FORM XE\V WATERED-MEADS. [MAY. 



And it should be noted, that this diagonal system 

 enables him to use the smallest quantity of water, 



11 as the largest, for he can use it only through 

 one system of panes, if necessary, or he can, with 

 great plenty, flow all at the same moment till the 

 meadow has enough, and then stop the whole out, 

 and leave the trenches to operate only as drains, 

 while the water is working in another meadow. 

 It is not uncommon, for want of such a plan of 

 operation, to see trenches of delivery accompanied 

 by drains, which operate only as drains, and which 

 carry away the water without any .power of using 

 it even a second time ; and in other cases we see 

 the water brought into slopes without any thought 

 of taking it away again, consequently some parts are 

 much watered, some less, and some perhaps not 

 at all. 



14th, The application of this system to moun- 

 tainous moors, is one of the most profitable spe- 

 culations which agriculture has to offer, and 

 there are none so much negleded. 



From viewing them I have been greatly surprized 



at this, because there are scarcely any that do not 



contain such spontaneous proofs of the ad van i 



as might have been sufficient for a hint to the stu- 



-t clown. The firm spots by the bides of the 



I its, from flooding, acquire a beautiful ver- 

 dure, that proves a perfect contrast to the drcari- 



of the wuhtc around ; and where there are lit- 

 tle rills on the mountain sides, not considerable 

 enough to cut a regular bed for their waters, but 



which 



