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Thefe three hundred acres are the entire 

 property of the Earl of Salisbury ; and 

 in their open Hate were let out in one hun- 

 dred gaits for young ftock, at ten fhillings 

 each gait, producing his lordlhip in that 

 flate fifty pounds a year. 



The embankment coft about fixty pounds j 

 namely, about three quarters of a mile at 

 one fhilling per yard. But the ruins of an 

 old bank leffened the expence in this cafe. 



The bank when finifhed was about fevcn 

 feet high ; wide enough on the top for cattle 

 to walk upon ; Hoped fufficiently to prevent 

 its Ihooting or being trodden down by cattle; 

 and faced with green fods, to guard againft 

 the floods. 



This improvement is worth tracing. Be- 

 fides the embankment, which, if the old 

 bank had not aflifted, might have coft one 

 hundred pounds, a road through the middle 

 of the fite of improvement was requifite to 

 be made ; — the whole to be inclofed ; and 

 fome erections to be made, Suppofe the 

 road, the inclofure, and the buildings to coft 

 three hundred pounds, the whole expence 

 Qjf w'ould 



