MAY.] FORM NEW WATERED-MEADS. 3 J .'i 



the tufts of heath, that are so deep and sharp, as 

 every sportsman knows, who has heen tired with 

 walking, or rather tumbling over them : these 

 must all be levelled, and the water let gently over, 

 which will soon cover them with grasses, and other 

 beneficial plants. The heath lives in its own acid 

 water that stagnates in the moss and peat, as in a 

 dish, but will die away by being flooded in the 

 manner I have described. The progress of the 

 work will naturally arise from success ; if the pro- 

 prietor be attentive, he will find his success so great 

 and obvious, as to be induced to go into the busi- 

 ness with the utmost spirit. He will then level all 

 inequalities, cut a variety of inclosures, and divide 

 the declivities into fields by good and sufficient 

 fences. 



15th, Wherever irrigation is applied, it is right, 

 when arable land is thus intended to be converted 

 into meadow, or on any other land the surface of 

 which is much broken by the works, to sow any 

 sort of grass-seeds that can be procured in the 

 greatest plenty, before the watering begins. It is 

 well known that the water will of itself bring 

 grasses, but it demands some time, and the be- 

 nefit of sowing them is always found to be consi-* 

 derable. 



l6th, It is a common practice in Lombardy, to 

 have a sort of heavy harrow drawn along the bot- 

 tom of the main carriers, in order to disturb the 

 mud in autumnal, winter, and early spring irriga- 

 tions ; and it has been practised in England to 



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