whol] y of either of thefe m

me a ca aa

a +) 9| pred + A 4 (er) Ga ome) Cc Ne 'e9) ‘me| ms mm| 4 ¥p)

fo as to project a little on each fide, as t 3 may be feéh at L/(Fic. rf.) which is J\

not only of ufe to throw the water a littl

vet.

kes

off the dike, but is alfo of ufe in prevent- ing fheep or cattle from atten npting to jump over it fo readily as they eee might do*. At the foot.of the dike, on each fide, is dug a{mall ditch xx(Fig. ift.) about a foot and a half,| or two feet deep, leaving a ledget of a few- inches

broad on each fide, that the dike may

not. be undermined by the crumbling

* Since the above was written, experience has taught

au me, that in many cafes the coping will be more dura-

ble if it confifts of a row of feal fet on edge, as at Fic.

4th: for when the fla t-laid feal are withered by the fun

in fummer, they become very lights and are apt to be blown off by the wind fing] gly; whereas, when they are fet on edge, as ces lean upon e bound fo firmly together, that

bil flat

each other, they< are

&

no fingle one can be carried off.[| hive

1LHCWHIE TOUN

d, that a wall, whofe

£ AN tane. th h. nesh“ foundation is, ftone, thouch, perh aps, the ftones rofe no

fag) more thar a yOOT, O OOT ana a ie LV ing the NODEr Darconiihed woth faa ek S Appt Pall tiiliead WIth ea 5» JEN Gin enfions are the fame as if it were compofed entirely of feal, is, perhaps,

=f} ray oS eye a~} 1 PEs 4 more durabdle than any other kind of fence compofed

ei4 gece tan hi SsACCT LAS.

A eo qOwn

£= eae= me= Ce= —=.= Ufa a an — = se —————