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^itch is feldom touched •, the roots being 

 purpofely fuffereJ to ft;ikc acrots it ; by 

 which means they enjoy free padurage on 

 either fide. 



On the Malton fide of the Diftrid, the pre- 

 vailing method of cutting is that ot 'ploMAn^ 

 \\\ the Midland manner : an operation which 

 I fliall have occafion to fpcak fully of in an- 

 other place. 



6. Old Hedges. The pradice of jy;;/^z;//- 

 tng worn-out hedges in the Norfolk manner, 

 I have not met with in this Dlftri»5l.. 



Stopping breaches with dead kd^iitgy there- 

 by cffcdually preventing their ever clofing 

 again, is a piece of execrable management, 

 which is no where more prevalent than in the 

 Vale under obfervaiion. 



One inilance of exertion, however, in ol- 

 der to RECLAIM a live fence from a row of 

 large old thorns, the remains of a negleded 

 hedge, occurs in this Diftri^t, and would do 

 credit to any country. It is the only one of 

 the kind I have met with. 



The bulhes or fcparate detachments of th 



old hedge being trimmed on both fides ; and 



the miain flems cut out at the ground, or 



P 3 headed 



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