384 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. XVHl. 



penings, so that they can all be completely shut 

 up, except such as may be necessary for the en- 

 trance of the cattle. Stakes are fixed along the 

 back walls ; the saddles properly laid ; and eve- 

 ry other requisite arrangement made, that when- 

 ever it shall be thought necessary to use them as 

 byres, they can be immediately applied to that 

 purpose. 



%tbly y To carry forward and complete the 

 straigbting and embanking the 'water of Eden, 

 would be an improvement highly beneficial to 

 the proprietors, through whose lands it runs. 

 This necessary and laborious work, Mr John- 

 ston of Lathrisk hath executed as far down the 

 river as his lands extend. And, by the benefi- 

 cial effects it has produced upon his estate, its 

 importance is sufficiently established. Besides, 

 by the example he has set, the best mode of exe-* 

 cution, as well as the necessary expences attend- 

 ing it, may be more easily ascertained. 



