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to be adopted. To this criterion I appeal 

 for a vindication of that preference, which 

 I have uniformly given to the Glouces- 

 tershire System : but I must beg leave at 

 the same time to intimate, that this com- 

 petition does not rest upon grounds that 

 are precisely equal and fair ; for the Dor- 

 setshire meadow is the uppermost on the 

 stream, and will have the water in its ge- 

 nuine turbid state immediately from the 

 brook, whereas the Gloucestershire mea- 

 dow receives the water by means of a long 

 conductor, brought round the first mea- 

 dow ; in which retarded conveyance some 

 of tiie best contents of the water will 

 be deposited, and will not reach the 

 meadow. Thus the superior working of 

 tlie water upon the Gloucestershire mea- 

 dow will not be so apparent in its effects, 

 as it otherwise would have been: and 



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