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from of the ditch, and never to plaifter the 

 mould up to a point againft the quicks, 

 but lay it in between and at leaft a foot 

 beyond the hedge, There mould be eight 

 or ten inches flat between the flope and 

 the hedge, which fhould be kept as clean 

 for two years as if it were a new-planted 

 one, and by that time the hedge will be 

 even with the face of the flope, and pre- 

 vent weeds growing to hurt it* 



IN five or iix years, if the ditch mould 

 want cleaning arid facing, give the turf 

 that it is faced with a moderate flope ; but 

 by no means carry it nearer the hedge 

 than it was at firft* 



LET the mould be broke dowri 

 amongfr. the roots of the hedge, and laid 

 flat at top ; this encourages its growth 

 greatly ; but when the mould is laid up 

 to a point againft the hedge, it deprive? 

 it of all moifture ; and when one fide is 

 covered up a foot, the other is quite bare. 

 By being laid up in that way it is very 



N 2 liable 



