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they work, very seldom enter into their views. A landlord,therefore, ought to have nothing doubtfid or ambiguous inthe agreement, respecting the plan and sufficiency of thework, otherwise he will often find the lowest estimate attend-ed, in the end, by the most serious expence. It is of the ut-most importance to his interest, therefore, to trust as little aspossible to the workmen, either in regard to the plan or ma-terials of the fences, or to the season for executing the work ;all circumstances respecting these ought, accordingly, to bematurely and deliberately considered, and dearly specified infile contract.

SECT. IX.

MISCELLANEOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, TO BE CONSIDERED IN FORM-ING A WELL DIGESTED PLAN OF INCLOSURE.

Hitherto the principles that have been adverted to are allof a general nature, as no plan can be well digested and ar-ranged, without duly considering the advantages to be at-tained, the means of accomplishing them, and the expencenecessarily to be incurred. There are, however, a variety ofsubordinate considerations that require to be kept in view,and of which we propose to treat briefly in this section.

1. Uniformity of soils in the separate inclosures deservesto be attended to, as otherwise one part of a field may bequite unsuitable for the crops or rotations that answer bestfor other parts.

2. A supply of water is an object of the most obvious im-portance, in every field in which there is a prospect of pas-turage. For this purpose, if there happens to be a small ri-vulet on the lands, it may often be distributed in branches soas to water many of the fields. Springs, or the collected dis-