•* even in the direction 6f the work, yet, 

 ^ in general, so confused are their ideas,, 



* that they are unintelligible, and their 



* mode of directing unsatisfactory, being 



* mostly conducted Without a plan, and 



* executed as incidental circumstances 



* arise ; still bhlndering on with the work 

 ' they have begun, many trenches and 



* drains are cut improperly. The result 



* of all which is, an incomplete perform* 



* ance at first, and every year after emen- 



* dations and alterations follow ; some 



* for the better, but many for the worse, 

 ' to the great disfiguring of the meadow ; 

 ' extraordinary expense to the owner, a:^ 



* well as betraying the ignorance, or want 



* of skill in the undertaker." 



Whether this charge of incapacity be 

 appUcable or not to the Dorsetshire water- 

 men. 



