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vary according to the size of -farms, and to the 

 nature and situation of the ground. In general, 

 inclosures contain from ten to twenty-five or 

 thirty acres. The fences, too, are of various 

 kinds, of which the following are the most usual 

 and common. 



. isf 9 Strong high wall's ^ built with stone and 

 lime. These are chiefly used in fencing parks 

 and inclosures around the seats of / the nobility 

 and gentry ; and many of them are very old, 

 arid still very sufficient. Several fences of the 

 same kind, though not of equal height and thick^ 

 ness, have been built of late in such places as 

 are in the immediate neighbourhood of lime, 

 and have easy access to stones. 



idly, Dry stone-dikes^ of four feet and a half 

 high, sometimes covered with turf, and some- 

 times with large stones, projecting a few inches 

 on either side. The expence of building the 

 rood of 24 yards in length, is about 20 s., inclu- 

 sive of quarrying, carriage, and -building. This, 

 however, must admit of variety, according to 

 the distance of the quarry and the difficulty of 

 working it. The duration of this kind of fence 

 depends upon due attention being paid to the 

 founding as well as the building. The dike 

 should be founded so far below the surface, as 

 to be beyond the reach of the frost ; the stones 

 must be skilfully laid ; and thorough-bands, or 

 large long stones passing quite through the dike, 

 ought to be placed at proper heights and dis- 

 tances, to keep the whole fast together. If these 

 circumstances are sufficiently attended to, walls 

 of this kind form very strong and permanent 

 fences. 



