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manner at a confiderableexpence and with 

 a vaft and certain advantage j which fliews 

 that the only reafon of the pra<5^ice not 

 being univerfal, is the farmers inability of 

 bearing the expence. But as the landlord 

 has no fuch motives to reftrain him, he 

 may fafely venture largely in the work, 

 and with an aflbrance of great profit. 



Suppofe the land perfe6lly flat, and very 

 wet J and to require from 50 to 70 perch 

 fcr acre 5 this at 6 ^. a perch, digging and 

 fitting, comes to not more than 30 j. an 

 acre, though in all probability the foil with 

 half that number will be near douWed in 

 value : however, without ftating fuch, or 

 any other particular inftances, we may 

 venture to afTcrt, that this w^ork of 

 thorough draining, is of fuch an excellent 

 nature, and fo eflential to good hufbandry, 

 that an improver need not entertain the 

 leaft apprehenfion of being repaid his 

 money with the mofl: ample intcreil. He 

 can expend it in nothing that will more 

 certainly anfwen 



