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But having extended our Improvements 

 to the fpace of 300 acres, we mufi: take 

 in a frefh variation, which is that of 

 draining. It is to be obferved, that many 

 hundred contiguous acres of moor, may 

 be found without any that is wet j but as 

 I would, in every particular, chufe to fup- 

 pofe an improver in no refpeft peculiarly 

 fortunate, I fliall, even in the calculation 

 of dry moors, fuppofe fome fpots that re- 

 quire draining — 40 acres, for inftance, in 

 the prefent year's improvement. In wet 

 moors, drains are cut and filled with lefs 

 expence than in molt foils ; for the moor 

 digs with much eafe, and flone is every 

 where to be met with to fill them. The 

 breadth and depth of the cuts fhould be 

 various ; in a piece of 40 acres, one main 

 drain may be fuppofed, 3 feet wide ami 5 

 deep, and 150 perch long j Ibme others 4 feet 

 deep, fuppofe 200 perch ; and 500, 3 feet 

 deep: the digging a^id filling the lad", may 

 be calculated at 4^. a perch : the 4 feet 

 ones 6^. and the 5 feet 8i. In all other 

 refpeds thefe moors are to- be treated coi- 

 aftiy the fame as the dry ones ; they ai'e 

 when drained equal, and very CiiQn fupe» 

 rior in fertility. 



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