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the meadows after it rifes out of the fprings, the 

 more efficacious it will be. 



We have no fprings on the hills in this part of 

 the country, as in the neighbourhood of Bath; 

 but our meads are full of them, and we apply the 

 water ifTuing therefrom as foon as poffible to the 

 lands. We find fpring water is better for this 

 purpofe than river water, on account of its being 

 warmer in winter, and cooler in fummer. 



Ramfbury. W. J. 



VI. 



I have a range of meads lying nearly on a level 

 by the fide of a little river, which runs near 

 thirty miles before it reaches my lands. And in 

 the upper part of my meadows a fpring rifes of 

 very clear foft water. Being defirous of proving 

 which would be mod beneficial to the land, Ihave 

 divers times in different years tried both. 



In a wet winter, I can eafily* at flood time, 

 when the river is very foul and muddy, float all 

 my meads by opening the bank by the river fide. 

 This I have done feveral times, and a great deal 

 of fediment has been left behind on the retiring 

 of the water. In this cafe, I have generally had 



a large 



