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always be built at about one fourth of the expence that thefe would coft—will antwer all purpofes equally well, and if carefully built, may be kept in repair for any num- ber of years, at a very{mall expence.

Slat Of Feal or Earthen Dikes.

As feal-dikes are common enough in fome parts of this country, and are not in many cafes fo durable as I would feem to infinuate; and as this is in general owing to the faulty manner in which they are built, it will be proper for me here to explain the manner in which thefe dikes may be built, fo as to ftand much longer than they ufually do.

The greateft part of the dikes of this kind that I have feen, are made of.a con-

herent by the matted roots of the grafs thickly inter- woven with it. If only a very thin flice of the upper furface is pared off with a paring-fpade, the pieces are here called divets. Thefe being of a firmer con- fiftence, are more durable when built into dikes than feal, but much more expenfive.

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