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LETTER IX. 



TN the plan of conducling fuch improve- 

 rr»enis as thofc I am at prefcnt treating 

 of, drainifig claims a particular attention: 

 this is one qf the moft in)portant obje6ls 

 that will come upon the carpet. It is much 

 beyond the purfe and fpirit of a tenant : 

 fome, it is true, do a iittle ; but the quan- 

 tity fcarce ever amounts to a complete im- 

 provement. To execute it in the manner 

 it ever ought to be, is the bufmefs of an im- 

 proving landlord. 



The general importance of draining 

 lands that are too wet was never difputtcl 

 by any one.— -It pays a tenant excellently — 

 and all improvements which do that, will 

 imdoubtedly enable the tenant to pay rent 

 to the landlord for' it. 



Some lands are fo extremely boggy, 

 marfhy and wet, that they yield no fort 



of produce without this improvement 



Scarce an inftance is to be found of a te- 

 nant improving fuch ; others of the wet 

 clay, or loamy foils, are cultivate without 



draining 



