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droves of cattle which paſs through the county, eſpecially in ſummer and autumn. Ata little diſtance from the top of the wall, white thorns are generally planted. But as this kind of incloſfing requires poſt and rail, or ſome fimilar fence, to defend the quicks from the cattle Paſturing in the feld, it 15 believed to be, upon the whole, the moſt expen- ſive;mode of incloſing pradiſed, and does not ſeem to gain ground with more modern improvers., In the upland parts of the county, ſmall incloſures, for the Purpoſe of feeding 4heep and cattle at night in ſummer, are formed of turf only. Theſe walls, after ſtanding a few Years, are levelled, and the turf, being conſidered as a valuable enrichment to the ſoil, is broke into ſmall pieces, and uſed as a manure. Part of the moors is incloſed with ſtone walls; and ſome very conſiderable plantations, fenced in the fame manner, have been formed on the edges of the moors, chießy by Mr Ram- ſay of Bannockburn and Mr Dunmore of Ballindalloch. About two thirds of the county, excluſive of the moors, is incloſed.|

DRAINS.

The ſyſtem of draining is only beginning" to be under- ſtood and pradtiſed in the county. A great deal of good work, in that way, has, however, already been executed on the eſtate-of Callander. The drains are principally of the open kind; and much attention has been Paid in ſtudying the proper level to condut the water off the various and extenſive fields. Covered drains have been made in a great variety of forms, by his Grace the Duke of Montroſe, in his extenſive park at Buchanan. The flatneß of the ground in that place, occaſions the Principal difficulty in conduting the drains. In ſome places the cuts have been made in pa- rallel lines, only a few Yards aſunder: and at Preſent the effeet appears to equal the moſt fſanguine expeCations. The

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