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plants between the firtt and fecond* courfe

of feal when the dike is building, which’

will not fail to grow with luxuriance, and in a fhort time defend the dike from every attack of this kind. But if fheep are to be kept in the inclofures, this plant ought

not, on any account,’ to be employed 5

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animal naturally flies to the fences for fhelter in ftormy weather, the prickles of the ftraggling branches of the brier, will catch hold of in great quanti- tics, to the great detriment.of-the flock, and lofs of the proprietor. In thefe cafes, if the poifeflor of the ground is not afraid of the bad confequenees that may be dreaded from the fpreading of whins (furze)}, it would be much better to fcatter

a few of the feeds of this plant along the

4S es a jeer 2 gal feaget XX(Fig. Ht. at the foot of the I. ao) x Loal KT a] s L a“

dike, which would quickly become a pre-

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fervative for it, and be otherwife of ufe

* Or, if the foil be fertile, and not in danger of be-

ing too much dried by the fun, between the fifth and fixth courfe is better.

as