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to Bungay, which do not consist of the sea, or of navi- 

 gable rivers : to the north, the ocean ; to the west, the 

 great Ouze ; to the east, the sea; to the south, the lesser 

 Ouze, and the Waveney ; and, exclusive of this benefi- 

 cial boundarv, the Yare and the Wensum penetrate from 

 Yarmouth to Norwich, and the Bure and Thyrn, from 

 the same port to Aylesham. With the last named river 

 the Broads, and their communicating channels in the hun- 

 dreds of Fleg and Happing, unite and connefl the rich 

 dlstridl: with the sea and with Norwich, and the advan- 

 tage is mucli felt in the conveyance of marie, &zc. The 

 navigation of the Nar reaches Nai borough, and conne£ls 

 with the Ouze. 



Smaller streams abound in every part of the county, 

 and offer such opportunities of irrigation, as must excite 

 the amazement of every farming traveller, at the utter ne- 

 gleil in which they have been suffered to run to waste 

 for so manvages. At last, this important application has 

 begun to receive a little attention ; so that we may hope, 

 that, in half a century more, these valuable treasures will 

 i?e accepted. 



Ponds, art'ijic'tal. — Mr, CojCE makes these ponds at 

 Holkham to serve each four enclosures ; they are set out 

 42 I'eet square ; at bottom twelve, and seven deep. A bot- 

 tom is worked with good clay, free from all stones, nor the 

 least soil or sand in it, beating it as close as possible three 

 inches thick; then three inches more are beaten in, and 

 so on till a foot thick ; then sand over it, tokeep thedrougiit 

 out. The sides are made in the same manner as the bot- 

 tom : within a yard of the top, the clay should be two feet 

 thick. It is then paved w ith bricks set on edge. These 

 ponds vvue made by men from Gloucestershire, who 

 were paid 2S. 6d. per superficial yard, costing 28I. each, 



besides 



