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wide at bottom, and as wide at top as to 

 admit the man for digging them. 



I have charged this account with 20 /. 

 for paUng at the end of gates, and acrofs 

 ditches ; not that it is a charge pecuhar to 

 farms of this fort, but when the fences of 

 one are bringing into good repair like thefe 

 before us, fuch works fhould not fail be- 

 ing done ; befides, the neceffity will pro- 

 bably be much greater in fuch an one, 

 which, in general, is in fo bad a conditioni 

 than in others occupied by better tenants. 

 At the ends of gates we generally meet with 

 gaps; for the ditch concluding, and the 

 hedge finifhing with the poft, makes it ever 

 a weak place for cattle to pufh through ; 

 A fhort rail, fixed to the gate-poft at one 

 end, and to a little poll drove into the 

 bank at the other, with pales above two 

 feet long, flrengthcns the whole, and fe- 

 cures the fence: Without this precaution, 

 the beft are ufelcfs, unlefs the farmer is at 

 ' a conftant expence in mending thefe gaps. 

 What I mean by paling acrofs ditches, is 

 at thofe places where tliree meet, or where 

 the ditch changes its courfe, and crofl'es the 

 hedge ; at fuch 2:)laccs we generally fuid gaps, 



which 



