V. 



COMBINATION AND COMMINUTION. 



THERE are some incidental points of practice attend- 

 ant upon the drainage of a field, \vliich give very little 

 uneasiness to a beginner, but which, like many of the 

 other realities of life, gain force with further experi- 

 ence. A blessed thing in its way is the untamed bold- 

 ness of Youth. It gets done many things in this cau- 

 tious calculating old world, which if not done then, 

 would never be done at all, and which, whether use- 

 ful for their striking goodness, or for their striking 

 badness, afford equally profitable employment to that 

 large and self-respected portion of the community 

 whose business and pleasure lies in contentedly criti- 

 cising the errors that others have made, in the charit- 

 able spirit of 



" the fiend that never spoke before, 

 But cries ' I warned you,' when the deed is o'er." 



