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65. they, for that, be made fences : for one ihil- 



MEADOWS. ling a rod they might, I apprehend, be done 



effectually, which is an addition of- 0156 



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Nor could the ditches, perhaps, be 

 carried round level with the rivulet 

 (which they ought to be, the workmen 

 leading a dead water all round) for one 

 fhilling a rod : for fourteen-pence I be- 

 lieve they might : this is a further ad- 

 dition of - - o 10 6 



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Befides this three trunks, or arches, would 

 be wanted as an entrance, and for communica- 

 tions between the beds ; the fluff, too, would 

 require to be fet about : thefe, however, come 

 under the idea of annual and ordinary expences ; 

 we may therefore fay, that for the inconfider- 

 able purchafe of five guineas an improvement 

 worth fifty or fixty pounds might be obtained, 

 perhaps when a meadow is fo fituated that 

 the rivulet can-not be funk below the moor, lay 

 the main drains into wells, dug at a convenient 

 diftance from the rivulet, and pump the re- 

 maining water into it. One length of tree would 

 do, and a man would pump out a great quan- 

 tity of water in a day ; and what are a few days 



works 



