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gutters are made to branch down the 

 descent of the meadow. The floating- 

 gutters 1 have marked with a double hne, 

 in order to shew more plainly the summit 

 of the ridges along which they proceed ; 

 and all the ditches described by single 

 lines, are drains which receive the water, 

 after it has passed over the sides of the 

 ridges or the beds, and these convey it 

 into the master-drain, which empties itself 

 into the bed of the stream, at the lowest 

 comer of the meadow. One drain, as is 

 shewn in that which is nearest to the 

 flood-hatch, should, in every meadow, 

 have so near a communication with the 

 feeder, that, when the water is to be taken 

 off, the hatch may be let down, and the 

 mouth of this drain opened; and then 

 every bed will alniost instantaneously be 

 laid dry, and no water will long remain in 

 the ditches to soak into the land. I have 

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