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HRLDING3. 



of the latter occur on different parts of this 

 eftate. 



A fence-wall to a farm-yard fhould not be 

 leis than fix feet high ; the coping is then out 

 of the reach of the flock. Where dung is 

 laid againft it, the height ought to be ftill 

 greater. 



Battening is very expenfi ve, and frequently 

 out of repair. 



Fofts, rails, and kids are, in many points of 

 Vievv ? preferable. 



116. 



JUNE 8. It is very dangerous to run up 



fea-ftone walls too quick. Mr. had one 



Ihot down the other day at Antingham, and 

 nearly killed one of the workmen. The wea- 

 ther was wet, and the bricklayer run up the 

 wall, at once, without flopping, at intervals, 

 to let it fettle. The ftones, being already 

 faturated with wet, could notabforb the moifture 

 of the mortar j the air being alfo moift, the 

 mortar, of courfe, remained pappy ; and fea- 

 ftones, being globular, have no other bond or 

 flay than the mortar ; which being unable to 

 hold them together, the fuper-incumbent 



weight crufhed down the whole. 



Had 



