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til it comes to the outside of the uncultivated ground : It is thenbent down to the drain, which catches a part of the water thathas already flowed out of the feeder : It is then again carried a-cr&ss the declivity as before, until it return to the outside of thebrae, when it is again bent down to the drain as before, and usred in the same way ; and so on. Stops are placed at the turnsof the feeder (as marked with an s) for adjusting the water; sothat a little of the first and best of it may be continued throughail the work to the end, which makes up for the waste it under-goes by a part of it always falling into the stream. By the help ofthe stops, any part may be floated or laid dry at a time. Thesmall lines marked with a T, are small trenches, three or fourinches wide, for watering the corners.of the brae that the feedersleave out. The drains and gutters are made nearly upon a deadlevel aslant the brae. This will be easily understood by con-sulting the plate.
Fig. 3. In this figure is represented a floated meadow on asmall scale, done from a small stream of water. The upper partof it is two ridges, formerly ploughed, and floated in the flatfloating way from F i. The nev t part is on the side of a slopingbrae, and is floated in the form of catch-work direct; with thisdifference only, that the cross feeder is at one id, instead of a-cross the centre of the declivity, which would be at the dottedline C. By the feeder 2d, marked F 2, the water is carried alongthe edge of the declivity, on nearly a level line, until it reach thebrae and the cross feeder, where a little of the first and best ofthe water is let into every one of the catch-gutters, (for so I maycall them, as the second catches the water that flows from thefirst, and the third from the second.) One or two of these bedsmay be floated or laid dry at a time, by the help of the stops ats, or by opening or shutting the notches at the end of the gut-ters, marked with n, where the water will fall down the draindd, or drying drain, into the stream. I think this way of form-ing catch-work direct, better than the other way of having afeeder down the centre of the declivity, as it prevents the neces-sity of having the gutters upon a dead level, and at the sametime gives a better opportunity of drying the ground when requir-ed. A hatch or dam is placed in the feeder at H, by which thetwo parts of the meadow may be watered alternately.
These two last figures are adapted to the second class of landmentioned in the Chapter.
A'. H. Catch-work should never be adopted, except where flatfloating is not practicable ; but as it must be sometimes adoptedln hilly countries like the North of Scotland , let this rule bealways strictly adhered to, viz. To continue the feeder fromfirst to the last gutter, particularly when there are more thantw 'o beds, one below the other ; for it is evident, that the waterWed repeatedlv in the gutters one after another, would do very
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