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Bth, In this manner let him proceed to the ex- 

 tent of his property, leaving stakes at all his sta- 

 tions, so firm in the ground, that they cannot he 

 removed. 



Qth, If hoth sides the stream be his own farm 

 or property, Jet him go back whence he started 

 at his highest spot, and do exactly the same on the 

 other side of the vale, staking oat his level there 

 also. 



10th, Having proceeded, thus far, let him view, 

 and carefully examine all the land on both sides 

 the river ielow his lines of levelling, for he has the 

 power of watering all or any part of it, if the stream 

 -be sufficient- The breadth will depend on the 

 degree of the -declivity between his first and last 

 station, and on the diverging ad fall of the 

 higher grounds or hills ; but in every case he wiJI 

 find a vastly greater quantity of land than he had 

 any conception of before he took the level. Mr. 

 Bakewell lent his irrigator to a friend, in order to 

 ascertain whether he could water the church- 

 zneadow ; and on the level being taken, it proved 

 that the water might be carried over the church- 

 steeple, had the hind been high enough to receive 

 it. And at Euston, the seat of his Grace the 

 Duke of Graf ton, it having been a quest ion in 

 conversation, whether such and such lands could 

 be watered, I took tb levels for above five miles 

 from Sappiston Mill, and found that the sand fox- 

 covers, on pretty high hills near the Hall, might 

 ibe converted to water-meadows. 



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