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fenced lands, and boundaries were undefined. Each of 

 the three quarters on Col. Fitzhugh's thousand acres, for 

 example, is described as having "grounds and fencing" 

 — that is suflBcient ground for crops, fenced in — ^but 

 there is no hint of an outer boundary fence. 



The fence used at the quarters was probably hori- 

 zontal boards fastened to posts, laid close together 

 at the bottom but spaced out at the top, although it 

 may have been the same as the "yeard" inclosure 

 wherein the offices at his own dwelling were mostly 

 situated. This, it will be remembered, was "locust 

 puncheons" — that is, outer slabs of locust logs, peeled 

 of their bark. The use of these was good management, 

 for it left no waste, but utilized every bit of the timber 

 that was cut. It is of this "pallizado" that he espe- 

 cially boasted, saying it was as good as a wall and more 

 lasting than any brick made here. 



His garden he mentions particularly as "pailed in" 

 — and we may be sure that he would not have used 

 the different term just for variety. Pales were less 

 crude and would tend to dress it up, as a garden should 

 be; so undoubtedly paled it was, with the stakes set 

 close enough to bar even the tiniest poachers, and of 

 course driven well into the ground that none might 

 work their way under. 



Inclosures made by the Dutch, after the years of 

 Indian warfare were over, commonly were open, that 



