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MINUTES 



OCT. 



FAIR. OF 

 ST. FAITH'S. 



133, This morning, I faw ten two-year-old lile- 



of-Sky Scots, drawn out of a lot of two hun- 

 dred, at two guineas and a half a head. Very 

 fmall : not larger than the ordinary yearling- 

 Calves of the larger breeds of cattle. 



135- 



*ENCES. OCTOBER 28. This morning, I obferved 



fome workmen fencing a rick-yard with furze- 

 faggots, alone : a fpecies of fence I have not 

 met with before. 



In a trench, about eighteen inches wide, and 

 fix inches deep, they fet the faggots, as clofe 

 as poffible, upon their ends ; fpreading the bot- 

 toms ; and covering the fkirts with the loofe 

 mould dug out of the trench ; alfo with that 

 of a narrow trench, (a fpade's width) dug for 

 the purpofe, on each fide ; treading the mould 

 firm to the roots of the faggots ; which being 

 fufficiently loaded, the trenchlets were ihoveled 

 and the banks fmoothed. 



One of the labourers fays, he has fet a furze- 

 fence in this manner acrofs Gremam-field (an 

 cxpofed fituation) which has flood one or two 

 winters. 



Calculate the expence thus : One hundred 

 and twenty faggots fet about eight rods ; ex- 

 pence 



