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places are flrongly paled, no fwine can 

 force through. I lay a particular ftrefs on 

 fencing againll hogs, becaufe it is the only 

 criterion of a good fence : if you keep out 

 hogs you are certain of fecurity againft all 

 other cattle ; and if you do not fence 

 againft them — they prefently make fuch 

 gaps, that (heep loon follow them, and 

 then a horfe, a cow, and even an elephant 

 niight pals. 



This is the bcft of fencing ; and I would 

 by all mans recommend to an improver, 

 when he begins his giand work, to deter- 

 mine to bring the fences into this perfect 

 order : his ditches to be 4 or 5 feet wide 

 according to the foil. The banks made 

 high J and on them a well plafhed hedge. 

 The gates to be ftrongly made and paint- 

 ed, which is a great prefervation. Brick 

 or flone arches to be turned at all water 

 cc'irfs through gateways. And the ends 

 of gates, and the openings of ditches, all 

 fecured with paling. Thefe clrcumftances 

 fpirited'y ^'tended to, and executed, will 

 add procngioidly to ihe value of a farm ; 

 a greai -.xpcnce is taken otf the tenant's 

 hands and his advantages from occu- 

 pying 



