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water is brought, thither, carry it along in a foot 

 broad Trench,"' orleiTer, al I along the level : If the 

 level be too dead, the leffer ftream will follow, io 

 that a convenient. defcent mull be minded, to give 

 the water a fair paffag'e. If there be difcovered in 

 this le(fer Trench, any miilake or failing, it may 

 vvirh eafe be amended, by going higher to , or low- 

 "erfrbm the level, and the tirtt Trench be ftopt up 

 again, for this Trench need be no deeper then the 

 thicknefs of the upper Turf .• This cione, the Wa- 

 ter-courfe muifhe cut out, which mult be large -e- 

 nough to contain the whole Water which is intended 

 for the enrichment of the Land, which largenefs 

 ought to conrltr in breadth, and nor in deepnefs, for 

 a fhallo v Trench, about a foot deep, is belt for this 

 work: When the Trench is ; b;oug'ht near to the end of 

 the Land, it is to be drawn narrower and narrower. 

 • Further directions the Author gives the Improver, 

 in thefe words. 



As foon, fays he, as thou haft brought the Water 

 upon the Land, and turned it ove:*, or upon it, be 

 fure thou take it off as' fpeedily as pofiibly, and lb 

 fail nor to cut thy work ; fo as unletle thy Land be 

 very found, and thy Land-flood very rich, thou mull 

 take it oft the fooner by a deep' draining Trench, 

 Therefore I prefcribe no certain breadth, betwixt; 

 flo.i.ting and draining Trenches ; but if the Land be 

 founder and dryer, or Herh more defending, thou 

 m-iit let it run the broader; and as the Land is moift, 



• fad, rufhy, orTevel, let it run the leffer breadth or 

 compafs j and for the draining Trench, it mult be 

 made fo deep, that it ooe to the bottom of the 



• cold, fpewing, moift Water? th it feeds the Flag and 

 Ruila ; for tbem&enefsof it, ufe tfeine ownihber- 



