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mod agreeably difapppointed ; for moft of 

 them died away before they came to any fize* 

 The getting rid of this troublefome weed is to 

 be attributed to draining ; by the furrows be- 

 ing fo much raifed, and the ridges ploughed 

 down. The drains had been cleared out ra- 

 ther deeper than they had ever been, as a pre- 

 ventative againft the rot in fheep ; and by ma- 

 king new grips or drains, the land was laid fair- 

 ly dry, fufficiently fo at lead to deprive the 

 rufhes of nourifhment : of courfe they died 

 away. 



Some may flart an objedlion, by faying, 

 *' Rufhes grow upon dry land/' — To appear- 

 ance I own, they fometimes do. The land 

 may indeed be dry on the furface : but drain 

 it properly and effeflually, and, depend upon 

 it, you will deftroy the rufhes. 



On a heath confiiling of many hundred a- 

 cres, in an elevated fituation, water had been 

 fought for by feveral expert and judicious work- 

 men in the art of v^ell-finking. They had gone 

 to a moft extraordinary depth ; but in vrin. 

 They were of opinion no water was to be fc : .id, 

 unlefs they perforated the great abyfs 3 and 

 therefore gave up the job» In 



