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a free current. Drains are hot untre- 

 quently carried under the other works; 

 by trunks of this kind. 



Having finished all the ditched which 

 are necessary to introduce, and spread thd 

 water; these will shew where the drains 

 are to be made, to receive and carry oif 

 the water as fast as it is brought on. One 

 drain is to be cut between every Wo gut- 

 ters, parallel to and equidistant from each^ 

 if the evenness of the land will permit ; 

 if not, they are to be made, according to 

 the irregularity of the lowest parts of the 

 meadow. Each drain may be made as 

 deep as you please. The drains are made 

 in an order, which is the reverse of the 

 preceding works ; they are narrowest at 

 the higher part of the meadow where the 

 other ditches are widest, and gradually in- 

 crease in width, as is represented in the 



