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79. The fence is nearly finiftied, and the warren 



nas tm ' s Y ear turned out beyond expectation : 

 it is valued, by one who ought to be the beft 

 judge of its worth, at forty pounds a year; 

 which is nine (hillings an acre. 



As the part of a farm, thefe ninety acres arc 

 not worth five (hillings an acre : at the prefent 

 price of barley,, they are not worth more 

 than four ftiillings an acre. 



Thus, for ten pound a real improvement of 

 twenty pound a year has been made and fc- 

 cured ; for the warrener will, through necef- 

 fity, hereafter keep the fence in repair. 



The fence is made about four feet high, and 

 three feet thick ; faced with green-fvvard ; and 

 capped with furze, fo as to project eight or 

 ten inches over the face. Some of it was done 

 for a {hilling a rod ; but the fpring putting in, 

 fourteen or fifteen pence a rod of feven yards 

 was obliged to be given. 



A neighbouring warrener, this winter, gives 

 nine-pence for the wall, without the capping -, 

 which he does not mean to put on till the wall 

 be thoroughly fettled. This is very judicious: 

 feveral rods of that abovementioned Ihot down 

 in different places. 



There are feveral patches in the vallies and 

 fome on the tops of the hills which have ufually 



been 



