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worked together, or fhould lie a fufficicnt 

 time to fettle ; otherwirc the fide thus form- 

 ed is Ihble to fettle after the refcrvoir be 

 finiflied; by which means cracks are form.ed, 

 and a mifcarriage enfues. 



The excavation having received the in- 

 tended form, its fides are made firm and 

 fmooth for the reception of the lime. 



3. LiiMiNG. The life of lime being mere- 

 ]y that of preventing earth-worms from per- 

 forating the coat of clay, the proper quantify 

 depends, in fome meal'ure, on the nature of 

 the foil. A fat rich earth, among which 

 worm5 always abound, requires more than a 

 dead hungry mould, or a dry ftoney bottom ; 

 on which retentive pools are faid to have been 

 made without lime. However, as no foil, 

 perhaps, is entirely free from thofe enemies. 

 It would be folly to r Ique a mifcarriage in 

 any fituation ; as the expcnce of liming make? 

 but a fmiall portion pf the whole expence. 



The only preparation of the lime is that of 

 falling it, and picking out the cores; no fift- 

 ing or fi-ircening being, in general, ulcd ; 

 ;hough obvioufly ufeful. 



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