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CHAP, XII. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
SECT, I.—DRAINING* 
This, as in other counties, is considered as a first* 
rate improvement, and is not, in enclosed lands, 
neglected; this county, however, has less occasion for 
this improvement than many others, as containing na¬ 
turally a smaller proportion of springy or boggy land. 
Various experiments have been made at Ewell 
Grange, the seat of the Earl of Plymouth, and in that 
neighbourhood, by boring hollow drains after Elking- 
ton’s method. 
The drain to be bored in, is thus made:—The trench 
is begun almost level with the surface, in that part 
from which the water can be most certainly and con¬ 
veniently carried off. In determining its direction, 
great attention is paid to the situation of the bogs, and 
to the rising grounds from which they (the bogs) are 
likely to proceed; the trench is then continued on, 
varying from a dead level only so much as may be of 
service in promoting the discharge of the water; when 
sufficiently advanced into the piece to be drained, an 
attempt by boring is made, to discover the spring; 
if successful, and the water is judged to issue in a 
proper quantity, this part of the business is completed ; 
otherwise the trench (or its necessary branches) is con¬ 
tinued on, and the boring repeated at intervals, till it 
succeeds. 
