3^aturall Hijlory: 



j Husbands c ofufpett, that the Gathering up of Flints, in Flinty Ground and 

 Laying themcn Heaps, (which ismuchufed) is no good Hushar.dry •, For| 

 that th ey would keep the GroundW aim . 



The Sixth Help of Ground is,by Watering, and Irrigation , which is in two 

 Manners : The cnehy Letting in, 2nd Shutting out Waters, at feafonable 

 Times: For Water, at fome Seafons, and with reafonable ftay doth good 5 

 But at fome other Seafons, and with too long Stay, doth hurt. And this 

 fer veth only for Meadowes, which are along fome River, T he other way is, 

 to bring Water from fome Hanging Grounds, where there are Springs, into the 

 Lower Grounds jczny'mg it in fome long Furrowes • And from thofe Furrowes^ 

 drawing it traverfe to fpread the Water. And this maketh an excellent Im- 

 provement, both for Come , and Graf. It is the richer, if thofe Hanging 

 Grounds be fruitfully becaufe it walheth off fome of the Fatnefs of the 

 Farth : But howfoever it profiteth much. Generally, where there are great 

 Over-flowes,in Fens, ox the like,the drowning of them in the Winter, mak&h 

 the Summer following more fruitfull : The Caufe may be,for that it keepeth 

 the Ground warme, and nouriiheth it : But the Fen- Men hold, that the Serv- 

 ers muft be kept fo, as the Water may notftay too long in the Spring, till 

 the Weeds and Sedge be grown up- For then the Ground will be like a Wood, 

 which keepeth out the Sunne j And fo continueth the Wet-, Whereby 

 it will never graze (to purpofe) that year. Thus much for Irri- 

 gation. But for Avoidances, and Vraynings of water,where 

 there is too much, and the Helps of Ground in that 

 kind, we {hall fpeak of them in 

 auother Place, 



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