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and in meadows, where they ferve for 

 fences, as Vvrell as laying the land dry : but 

 here the fame rule fhould be obferved, to 

 fmk them, as much as poflible, in the 

 before-mentioned oblique diredlions. 



In flat countries, fuch as Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, there is a fort of bad meadow- 

 land, which fkirts the river, in a narrow 

 form, and generally lies extremely wet, 

 from tjie fprings which iiTue out upon it, 

 from the higher ground, on each fide. In 

 this cafe, open drains fliould be funk, 

 parallel with the river, on each fide, be- 

 tween the up, and the low-land, juil at 

 the top of the places where rufhes fre- 

 quently fhew themfelves. Thefe drains 

 fhould be funk fufficiently deep, to 

 catch all the fprings, which the high 

 grounds produce ; and may be deeper, or 

 fliallower, as the fprings lie. When thefe 

 drains are charged to a certain height, 

 9 they 



