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another circumstance I ought not here to 

 omit mentioning, that Mr. Pearce has 

 already altered the Dorsetshire meadow, 

 in one or two defective instances, to the 

 Gloucestershire form. 



The art of Floating has now been 

 practised in five counties at least, for the 

 space of a centuiy and a half; and it 

 appears, from Mr. Tatham's Treatise on 

 Irrigation, (who has given us a compila- 

 tion of numerous instances of its adop- 

 tion, from the Agricultural Sur\^eys of 

 Counties, and from various other publi- 

 cations), that it has sometime been in a 

 progressive state ; but, comparatively 

 speaking, I can too justly say, that it 

 is still very partially practised — still 

 very generally misunderstood — still very 

 strangely misrepresented ; and appears to- 

 me 



