FEKCJKS* 



becaufe, were the flope to be fo placed, part of 

 the wall would inevitably appear from the win- 

 dows of the fecond or third floor, or from any 

 correfponding eminence, and deftroy the effect 

 which it was wifhed to fecure. 



In no cafe, perhaps, ought the wall of the funk 

 fence to be built without mortar ; being intended 

 for a permanent fence, it ought to be fubftantially 

 made ; a five feet wall ought to be eighteen inches 

 thick at bottom, and twelve at top. Walls of 

 greater or lefs height fhould be of flrength in pro- 

 portion to the refiftance they have to make ; but, 

 efpecially where the cut is very deep, (tones of 

 great weight are required to be ufed ; and, in ge- 

 neral, funk fence walls fhould be built with (lone* 

 as large as the fize of the wall will admit of. 



GALLOWAY DIKES. 



Galloway Dikes form the cheapeft and ea- 

 fled method of fencing, where ftones abound* 

 As implied in the name, they are very common 

 in the fouth-wefl diftrict of Scotland. Now, in- 

 deed, they are to be feen everywhere. What are 

 called land-stones anfwer for their conilruclion ; 

 and many diftricts of country abound fo much in 

 thefe, that removing them is an effential part of 

 improving the foil. In fijch cafes, the rearing of 

 Galloway dikes is comparatively an eafy talk. 



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