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it is very pleafant to work, and as durable as oak, 

 though it feldom bears the price of it. (See a 

 letter, on this fubjetl, in the Appendix.) In a ma- 

 ritime county, like this, where oak fells well, 

 and deals may be had cheaper than in the inland 

 parts, it is advifeable, in many inflances, to fell 

 the one, and buy the other; as the one cuts to 

 wafte, and the other may be had in any fcantlings 

 required. 



In all paling, battoning, and other fences about 

 the homeftall, nothing is more ufefal than pol- 

 lards, and they mould always be made ufe of on 

 fuch occafions, becaufe they are, generally, the 

 produce of the farm, of little value, and fave bet- 

 ter timber. Sometimes they are ufeful in fheds 3 

 and fmall buildings for cattle. 



All work, whether old or new, mould be fet,- 

 as much as poffible, by the job, or great, for a 

 fixed fum ; always fubjecl;, however, to infpecTaon, 

 and approbation when finifhed. 



In reparations, two points fhould be attended 

 ro, in preference to every other confideration. 

 The one is, to keep all the ground-cills or 

 foundations conftantly tight, to prevent the wall 

 or upper part of the building from warping, or 

 getting out of its perpendicular ; the other is, 

 to keep the thatch or covering, at all times, 



whole ; 



