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where tlie s6t-watcr remains in a creek after the tide re* 

 tires, the creek will not silr up nearly so fast as when chan- 

 nels are made for conveying ir quicklv away : hy making 

 !tanks across the large erecuS for giving n new diredtion 

 to some of tlic water, and cutting channels from hole to 

 hole ior their drainage, this is efFe(Sled. Mr. M aitland 

 shewed me the surprizing difference in the silting up of 

 creeks without water, compared with those where it re- 

 mains. The flooring^;, from which the bank was raised 

 four spits deep, are now, in only two years, nearly silted 

 up in some places, and in others, not more than a foot 

 deep : by these attentions, regularly put in execution, the 

 tradl preparing to be taken in, will be ready many years 

 sooner than it otherwise would. 



CTOvernor Bentinck has a very attentive and under- 

 standing agent in Mr. MAiTLAND,as his plans sufficient- 

 ly prove. These are, to build a small house close to the 

 new bank, for a steward, at an angle, to command a view 

 both ways ; and where one or two cottagers should be al- 

 ways ready for executing the woiks necessary in assisting 

 the silting of the tides, and any little rcpamtions, or la- 

 ther precautions, that the banks may want ; to make a 

 road from the highway to the new bank ; this is done. 

 To build a granary on the shore for the tenants to lodge 

 their corn, for taking it by water to Lynu. And lastly, 

 to plant the old banks, rendered useless, unless in the case 

 of breathes, to supply the \Yant of wood on this estate 

 ©f fertile land. 



In icgard to the cultivation of this fine estate, I wish I 

 could raid, that it is worthy of the soil ; but this is far 

 from bc'ng the case. The trad^ taken in, in i8oc, was 

 plougheti dircdily, and sown that year, part with cole for 

 seed, and part with wheat; and in the spring of 1801, part 

 v/ilh oats. Tht cole-seed crops were great ; and the wheat 



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