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very frequently surrounded by ditches on the Continent, but are 

 usually, in Britain, fenced in with live or quickset hedges. 



How near to the limit of his land the proprietor is entitled to 

 plant, is a point concerning which custom and -right vary in 

 different localities of Continental countries ; but wherever there is 

 any likelihood of dispute about such a matter, justice and common- 

 sense would rule that the timber crops may only extend so far as 

 not to injure the productive capacity of the adjoining land by 

 causing the drippings from the boughs to fall upon the neigh- 

 bouring owner's land. 



