440 EMBANKING, 



regular outline of his own property. The motive of the 

 parish for refusing their consent to a proposal so advanta- 

 geous to themselves, arose from this circumstance. It is 

 of great extent ; the proprietors adjoining the common, 

 make, at i)resent, nearly the whole advantage of it ; but 

 wiien embanked and let, those at a distance would come 

 in for their share, a jealousy of which, occasioned the 

 failure of the scheme.* 



The spirit and unlimited attention, even to the loss of 

 his life, with vvhicli Count Bentinck planned and exe- 

 cuted tliis great work, ought to render his memory dear to 

 every lover of agriculture. His adtive mind had taken a 

 strong and most useful turn towards that art ; apparent, not 

 only in this great and successful projccfl, but in the original 

 invention of an admirable maciiine for drawing up trees by 

 the root, which executed that difficult work with expe- 

 dition and cheapness. — Minute^ in 1784. 



AVzy Embankment, — The men were paid 4s. 6d. a floor 

 of 400 cubical feet, but they find wheeling planks, bar- 

 rows, trussels, Sec. &c. When formed, the fiont slope 

 is sodded, for which they are paid 4s, a floor of 400 square 

 feet, earning from 5s. 6d. to 7s. a day. And some small 

 expense follows for beating it firmly down. Tlic whole 

 expense of bank, sluice, and all, 3300I. The quantity 

 of land taken in, 273 acres of marsh, and 18 of bank. 

 The previous value absolutely nothing ; now, Mr. Ad a it- 

 land, steward to Governor Bentinck, was at once of- 

 fered 4I. an acre for four years ; or 3I. an acre for six 

 years. Ihe former amounts to 4368I. in four years, or 

 the whole expense, and 1000 guineas over. Some build- 

 ings, however, in this case, to be ere61ed : tlie Governor 



* This traft has been since embanked, and allotted by adt of parliament, 

 passed in 1790. 



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