imploys hands , and conduces to both the ornament & 
generall profit, of the Kingdom j and therefore they 
ought to difpenie with it, tho' fomewhat dear. 
6thly Thiit even red Bo^s might be made fit for gra- 
zing^ at a much cheaper rate^then they have bin hither- 
to, ifthefe rules were obferved; i a deep trench mull 
be made round the Bo^, as before, this reduces all the 
bounds of the Bogs^^oQS a great way to dry the Bog it felf ; 
and hinders at leaft its growing ; itferves likewife as a 
common fink, into which all your drains vent thenfelves. 
7thiyin the jB£>^, obferve which way the little Sloughs 
run ; be fure to cut their drains a crofs them s one drain 
fo cut doth more, then 3 or 4 long ways ; as I faw by Ex- 
perience. 
3dly the firft drains on the56>^,ought not to be above 2 
or 3 foot deep or wide s deep trenches ought by no means 
to- be attempted at firft for the Bog is fo foft, that they 
will not ftand , but fill up again ; neither can any body 
• ftan4 wellinthem to cut them deep: but when the fur- 
\- face of the is cut in little trenches fuppofe at 20, oj 40 
perch, diftance, it is hardly credible how much it will be 
dryed : I remember fuch a little trench, drawn thro' a 
Sogy that was very wet, dryed it, fo that Cattle could 
grafe on it all Summer; and the Bog fubfided, foran 
hundred yards, on each fide, fovifibly, that one would 
have believed it a naturall valley. 
4thly a year or 2 after the little trenches are made, & 
the Bog a little dry; they are (^at leaft every other 
trench as one feesoccafionis,^ to be made fix foot deep 
and fix wide, if the loftnefs of the Bog will permit ; if not, 
then fix foot wide and 4 deep is enough j and this will 
certainly make the Bog ulefuU for grafing : in a year or 
z after,you may attempt to cut one or two of the trenches 
to the bottom of the Bog ; jfor till that be done, I do not 
ireckba the Bog fecuved* . ^ ■ 
i ] j^xHf S td oblige ail his Tenants to . 
i, " cut 
