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the acres, which will then be found to be thirteen say 

 therefore, 13 acres 2 roods and 14 perches. 



Second example The perches amount to thirty-eight ; 

 these being less than forty, or one rood, I set down the 

 thirty-eight under the perches, and carry none to the 

 roods : the roods amounting to six, I set down two to 

 the roods, and carry one to the acres, which will be 

 found to be eleven say therefore, 1 1 acres 2 roods and 

 38 perches. 



Third example The perches amount to eighty-two, 

 I now set down two under the perches, and carry two 

 to the roods, which will make the roods five : I therefore 

 set down one under the roods, and carry one to the 

 acres, which will then be sixteen say therefore, 16 acres 

 1 rood and 2 perches. 



It will now be shown how the content of various 

 pieces of land and of different figures may be found by 

 the following tables : 



When the piece to be measured is a A 



square, like the annexed figure, measure 

 the length and breadth in the middle, 

 as there described. Now, suppose the 

 length from A to B to be 174 yards, 

 breadth from C to D 87 yards, then turn 

 to the column in the tables under 174 . 

 yards long, take out the sum which 

 stands opposite 80 yards in width, and 

 also out of the same column the sum 

 which stands opposite 7 yards wide, and 

 the two sums added together will give 

 you the content of the field, namely, 

 -thus: 



B 



A. R. P. 



174 yards long, 80 yards wide 2 3 20 



174 yaids long, 7 yards wide 01 



Content, 3 20 



