LAND MEASURING. 



TO FIND THE QUANTITY OF LAND IN DEILLS. 



RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth of the drill, 

 in inches, and divide by 36 ; the quotient will be the 

 contents in the same denomination as that of the length, 

 which, if required, may be brought to a higher or lower 

 denomination. 



Ex. Required the quantity of land in a drill 10^ 

 chains (imperial) long, and 28 inches broad? 



10^ Imperial chains, equal to 225^ yards. (See pr- 

 ceding Table.) Then 225^ multiplied by 28 (the breadth 

 of the drill in inches), is 6314, which, divided by 36, gives 

 175J4 square yards, the contents of the drill in yards, 

 which, divided by 30^, gives 5 poles, 24 yards, 1 foot. 



To find the Contents from the Table : Look for the 

 length in the left hand column, and for the breadth at the 

 top ; then under the breadth, and directly opposite the 

 length, the contents will be found. When the given 

 length cannot be found in the Table, the contents may be 

 found by means of taking the contents of two or more 

 lengths, such as make the given length ; the sum of their 

 contents will be that of the given length. 



N.B. It will sometimes be seen that the contents found by 

 the rule will exceed that in the Table ; this is on account of not 

 extending the Table to inches, &c. 



