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leaft, and is the next to Clay of any thing. 

 Where their Cattle go in to drink, or for 

 any other Purpofe, they pitch it with Flint 

 Stones, to fecure the Feet of the Cattle from 

 preffing thro' it into the loofe Ground. 



It may very well be thought, notwith- 

 ftanding what has been faid all this while, 

 that any Ground, when well drench'd, will 

 hold Water without all this Care 5 but that is 

 uncertain. 



It will beneceffary, for the Security of the 

 Clay, to cover it over a good thicknefs with 

 Gravel, efpecially where Cattle are to go in 

 upon any Occafion. 



'Tis eafy to obferve, from what I have 

 been thus advancing, that I have been endea- 

 vouring to retrench the Expence of making 

 Canals, Fountains, ^c. which, generally 

 fpeaking, coft twice or thrice the Money that 

 this manner of piaking will. 



For fir ft of all, the Brick or Stone Walls 

 of each Side are very expenfive ^ and to that 

 Biay be added a great Fault generally com- 

 Hiitted in making Canals too deep, fome be- 

 ing fo unwife as to dig them feven or eight 

 Foot deep, whereas four or five is enough ^ 

 it fhews the fame Volume of Water above, 

 and I dare affirm it may be done for almoft 

 one third part of the Money the other Me- 

 thod confumes 5 for ev'n the digging is a con- 

 iiderable deal more. 



-This I muftconfefs, is not a new thing* 

 *t|s what has been done by fe\eral Gentle- 

 men. 



