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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 Jive : 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 y aids long, 7 yards wide 01 



Content, 3 20 



