224 SHORES AND SURFACE-DRAINS, id, 



TIMBER, cannot, with any degree of pru- 

 dence, be left to a mere occupier. Viewing 

 hedges as nurferics of timber, a hedgemaw 

 becomes cfTentially neceffary to every landed 

 eftatCi 



lO. 



S H O R E S and SURFACE- 

 D Pv A I N S. 



THE DIVERSITY of country which 

 the Diflridt under furvey exhibits, requires 

 a varied exertion of art with refpe<fl to sur- 

 face-water. Upon the hills, art is requi- 

 red to retain it upon the furfacc ; in the 

 lower parts of the Vale, art is equally want- 

 ed to kaftcn it to the river or general out- 

 let. 



It has been already mentioned, that much 

 of the bottom of the Vale is, by natural fitu- 

 ation, liable to be overflowed by the rivers in 

 lime of flood. Neverthekfs every part of it, 



1 apprehend, 



