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have prevailed of late years, it has been ob- 

 ferved that new-made ponds retain a fupply 

 of water when the waters of other flagnant 

 drinking places are dried up. This can only 

 be accounted for perhaps by their perfedl 

 retentivenefs, and by their being free from 

 weeds, which convert to their own nourifli- 

 ment, and throw off daily by perfpiration a 

 great quantity of water. Upon the Wolds 

 their excellency was moft confpicuous : — 

 uhile one man was driving his ftock three or 

 four miles to water, his neighbours, v/ho had 

 ** made-ponds" upon their farms, were free 

 from this inconvenicncy. In many fituations 

 arrificial Drinking Pools may repay the ex- 

 pence of making thefirft dry feafon. Driving 

 llock to diftant water in hot weather, and in a 

 bufy feafon, is an expence and a detriment to 

 the ftock fo driven, which it would be difii- 

 cult to cflimate. 



General Observations.— On examining 

 ponds in this neighbourhood, which have 

 been made fome years, the evil cffcdi of cover- 

 ifjg'wiih loofe jlones is evident. 



For one, two, three, or more yards round 

 their edges, according to the time they have 



been 



