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angles with the slope of the ground, and the shelter given by the wall 

 and hedge is considerable. 



I have had such fences erected as described, in the first case, at a 

 cost of 5s. per running yard ; and of the latter kind, on a hill slope, for 

 3s. per yard. This, however, is no criterion of what they may cost in 

 other districts, as this depends upon the character of the soil to exca- 

 vate, and the distance the stones have to be carted. 



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