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what I call, the misconceptions of others, 

 that I should declare what I mean by 

 Floating, or state what are tiie objects and 

 essentials of that mode to which I give so 

 unresen^ed a preference. 



The primary objects of floating, arc, I 

 assert, simply these two, io procure a depo- 

 sit of manure from the water used, and by 

 the water at the same time, to shelter the 

 land from the severity of winter : and the 

 chief essentials of the art are, that the 

 water shall be made to flow over the sur- 

 face of the land, an inch deep, during win- 

 ter, and that every part of the Avorks shall 

 be so constructed, as to keep the whole of 

 the water in constant motion. Without 

 attention to these two last requisites, the 

 above objects, to which all others are sub- 

 servient, cannot be fully obtained ; for if 



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