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DRINKING POOLS. 



IN DISTRICTS abounding with upland 

 grafs we may expedt to find artificial 

 DRINKING PLACES for the ufc of pafturing- 

 ftock ; but no Diltridt in the kingdom will 

 gratify our expectations fo fuliy in this re- 

 fpcd as that which is now under obfervation. 



In this country there are three fpecies 

 oi artificial drinking places : 



1. Standing Pools. 



2. Artificial Rills. 



3. Field Wells. 



I. Standing Pools. The art of *' pond- 

 making" ranks amono- the moft ufcful arts 

 in Rural Economy. In many high fituations no 

 other expedient can be pradifed with pro- 

 priety : rills cannot be raifed; nor wells funk 

 and worked, but at too great an expence for 

 the nurrofe of waterins: rtock. 



On the hills of Surrey and Kent, ponds are 

 made to hold vatcr- tolerably well with chalk 



beaten 



