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upon at firft, I thought it would be of ufe to communicate this tothe Public. If the eround is foft, and the feal rifes well, I get a fence of this kind done for one penny halfpenny per yard; but ifait. as not good to work, a little more than that mutt be allowed.

How long a fence of this kind may ftand without needing repair, I cannot fay with certainty, as it is not long fince I fell into this method of building them. The oldeft has juft now ftood about fifteen years, and feems to be nearly as firm as when firft’ built. I have feen fome walls of mean cottages that have been built fomewhat after this manner, that conti- nued to be good, after: ftanding forty or fifty years: but their durability, in a great meafure, depends upon the nature of the feal of which they are formed. The beft is that which is taken from poor ground, of a{pungy quality, which is generally covered witha ftrong fward of coarfe benty grafs. And, in fituations

where this can be had, I have no hefita- tion

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