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/ Rie the several practices of the kingdom, should Jha be previously learnt.! I do not hesitate to speak of this, as an improvement, which may be set about, with ar the a moral certainty of success. The great ¢ been depth of soil, which the Marsh lands in bt| general possess, would afford ample ma- bith terials, for mounds of any height and width. 0 gla In Devonshire and Cornwall, where the soil is seldom more than seven or eight inches are in deep, a sufficiency is ever found; there be- ORN-| ing no other method of raising a hedge, in 2 OD-| use; be the soil and situation what they them, may. id. the Some difficulty may be experienced, in » Cop finding a species of coppice woop, which reach will flourish in this bleak and maritime situation. But where the foundation is prove broad, and the outline simple, study and looked perseverance will generally obviate small had| difficulties, in carrying up the superstruc- if De ture. Out of the naked gravelly flat, which of in| has been mentioned; near/Hithe, the black might tborn rises, though in a dwarfish state: ‘that, but a species of salix grows up with greater oe luxuriance. On the rich mounds of Marsh 7 soil, both of them may be found.to flourish: a Cce _

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