V. 



COMBINATION AND COMMINUTION. 



THERE are some incidental points of practice at- 

 tendant upon the drainage of a field, which give very 

 little uneasiness to a beginner, but which, like many 

 of the other realities of life, gain force with further 

 experience. A blessed thing in its way is the 

 untamed boldness of Youth. It gets done many 

 things in this cautious calculating old world, Avhich 

 if not done then, would never be done at all, and 

 which, whether useful 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 lie in 

 contentedly criticising the errors that others have 

 made, in the charitable spirit of 



' The fiend who never spoke before, 

 But cries, " I warn'd you ! " when the deed is o'er.' 



