398 IRRIGATloy. 



mill, to prevent fifty rimes the amount being gained by the 

 improvement of meadows. 



Mr. Bloomfield, on tlie recommendation of his 

 landlord, Mr. Coke, has irrigation in contemplation; he 

 has a small stream at cominanil, and has begun by a 

 straight cut, which is thus to be applied. 



Note, in 1792, tiie stream at Cley offers so fine an op- 

 portunity for watering, that 1 stopped my iiorse, repeat- 

 edly, to view it with regret. Poor sand-hills might be con- 

 verted to rich meadow. 



The river at Bodney, and the poorer arable lands, 

 which come down below the levels it afrords for watering, 

 struck me as offering an uncommon field for irrigation, 

 •whicii calls aloud for the exertion of that spirit which has 

 just begun to awaken in Norfolk. The two streams be- 

 tween Swafham and Buckenham, join at Bcdnev. 



Mr. Reeve, of Wighton, has made an c.Ncrtion in ir- 

 rigation that has uncommon merit. Having a long, rough, 

 and very coarse meadow*, of above 2C acres, tiirough 

 which a small stream runs, which is nearly dry in any 

 time of drought, but has sufEtient w-ater in any other sea- 

 son, he cleared a straight channel for it through the centre 

 of the meadow, and taking the necessary levels, threw it 

 at pleasure into carrier trenches, under the two hedges 

 that bound the meadow, and accompanied those trenches 

 with drains: the first part he did, remains too flat; but 

 as he advanced, he corrected that error, and raised the sur- 

 face into arched lands, running the carriers along the cen- 

 tre, from which the water flows down the sides to the 

 drains. This part is very well done. The experiment 

 having been lately finished, the full effcdl is not yet seen ; 

 but it is evident enough to determine, that the value of the 



meadow 



