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anfwers beft on light land : Some few far- 

 mers mix earth with it. 



Draining is pretty well imderftood here, 

 and that chiefly owing to the excellent 

 example of Lord Littleto?!, who ordered 

 many drains to be dug of various depths* 

 and three or four inches wide at bottom ; 

 the method ufed in filling them on grafs 

 land (where they were chiefly made) was 

 to take the firft fpit of turfs, and wedge 

 them into the drains, and then throw in 

 the moulds, without flione, wood, or any 

 thing; and the drains thus made have 

 flood exceedingly well, and never yet 

 failed. It is an excellent contrivance, and 

 highly worthy of imitation, and efpecially 

 in countries where ftones and wood are 

 fcarce. 



The common farmers alfo drain their 

 morafly lands in a very eifedtual manner, 

 by cuts a yard wide at top, fixteen inches 

 at bottom, and four feet deep ; they fill up 

 eighteen inches deep, with logs of wood 

 and faggots, and then the moulds. The 

 cod of thefe drains is i s, the perch of 

 eight yards. The improvement is ex- 

 tremely great ; they make land of 5 s, an 

 acre worth 30 i-. at once. 



They 



