Sir John Sinclair's Account of Moss Improvements 



(i) The main drain or division fence. 



The drains marked No. 2 are from 2 to 3 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. These 

 drains lay open sometimes for a year. The sods are dried for covering the long- 

 mouthed drain, as it is called, which is 18 inches deep, and 4 inches wide at the 

 bottom. The nature of this sort of drain will appear from the following sketch. 



2 feet, or 26 inches. 



This is filled up, 

 and only the long 

 mouth kept open. 



Long 



' mouth. 



