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She "proved as follows : the quarters equal ; 

 exa&ly eighteen (lones each ; together feyen- 

 ty-two Hones (fourteen pounds each) ; the 

 tallow eight Hones ; the hide feven ftones. 



The weight is not remarkably great ; but, 

 that a fmall cow fliould lay it on in from 

 Vionths is extraordinary. 



ever, underftood that the admeafurement of carle was 

 reduced, any-where to common prafiice, until lately. 

 In the Weft of Yorkflnre, I am told, the manufactu- 

 rers, who kill their own beef, carry meaTuring tapes to 

 market with them. The butcher by LO ftant practice 

 may be a match for the grazier with his eye alone : but 

 it is certainly prudent in the clothier tp take his mca- 

 fure with him alfo. 



A WEIGHING-MACHINE would, however, in this 

 cafe be a much fafer guide. One, fixed in a (ingle 

 flail, opening with folding-doors to the ftreet, would 

 be a good appendage to any market-place. 



SHEEP. 



