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be more effcdtual than the plow in clofmg 

 the fiffures and worm-holes which prefcnrly 

 arc formed in water-courfes laid dry, and 

 which, if left open, abforb an inconceivable 

 quantity of water before they be faturated; 

 efpecially if the current of water be retarded 

 by grafs or other obflrudions. 



2. The Reservoir. The Jiiuaiion of the 

 refervoir depends principally on the run. 

 Near the fide of a road is in general the moft 

 defirable fituation, provided a fufficient de- 

 fcent can be had from the road to the refer- 

 voir. Roads leading along the fide of a Hope 

 can only afford a fupply to the grounds on 

 the lower fide. But in this country, when a 

 road leads down the defcent, it is generally 

 furnilhed on both fides with ponds •, fome of 

 them perhaps not having more than a hun- 

 dred yards of run off a narrow way ; yet from 

 that fmall quantity of furface are fufficiently 

 fupplied with water. 



In \.hQ fituation of a pond there is one thing 

 requifite which does not fcem to be attended 

 to even by the moll Ikilful in the art. The 

 requifite I fpeak of is that of admitting a 

 V/adc water-place on the upper fide of the 

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