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priety, have exhibited examples of the most 

 important and useful improvements. By them, 

 rivers have been straighted and embanked, 

 marshes drained, waste, stubborn, or stony land 

 reclaimed, cold, wet, and poor soil, sheltered, 

 drained, and fertilized, plantations reared, ju- 

 dicious and substantial enclosures executed, and 

 many farm-steads erected on convenient and li- 

 beral plans. 



