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a furlong in length. This block of land, therefore, 

 became the normal acre. The width of the one 

 strip, including the furrow was about eleven yards, 

 of the two, twenty-two yards, one-tenth of a furlong. 



Mr. Eyton has pointed out that the acre was a 

 lineal, as well as a superficial measure, and equal to 

 four poles or twenty-two yards, the width of an acre 

 when its sides were, according to usual custom, a 

 furlong in length. 



This remark may throw some further light on 

 Edward the Confessor's dream, of which Mr. See- 

 bohm has given an interesting account and 

 explanation. 



The division of the land into strips would also, no 

 doubt, be convenient in determining the amount of 

 labour due from each ox. 



