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buflics, ftakcs and edclers for the new 

 hedge; in fuch a cafe, if the requifite 

 quantity cannot be procured elfewhere on 

 the premifes, they muft be purchafed of 

 the occupiers of the neareft woods, and 

 care taken to have them ready for the men; 



that no time be loft. And as faft as the 



labourers proceeded, the carpenters fhould 

 be ready with their pofts, rails, pales, &c, 

 to fix at the gates ends, and the openings 

 of the ditches: all which muft be placed 

 while the work is doing — and before the 

 hedge is made. 



Fencing in this perfe<!R- manner, is not, 

 upon the whole, fo expenfive a bufinefs as 

 may at firft be imagined. Any quantity 

 of hedging and ditching may be done at 

 I J. 4 ^. to I J. 6 d. per perch the hedge of 

 the perfcft kind, I have defci ibed ; and the 

 ditch Vv'orked by a frame 4 feet at top, i 

 at bottom, and 3 feet deep in the middle. 

 The paling the gate ends and openings in 

 ditches comes to from 2 s, and 2 j. t> d. to 

 45. 6d. and 5 s. per place. But the whole 

 would be cheaper done in many parts. 



Many gentlemen are extremely fond of 

 white thorn hedges, regularly dipt. They 

 }iave a neat appearance, but not one in 



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