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find which have frequently been opposed 

 to each other upon paper and in conver- 

 sation, that is, the Gloucestershire and 

 the Dorsetshire. lie has one meadow 

 of eighteen acres, formed by Trigger, 

 the late Mr. Bake well's favourite irri- 

 gator, according to the Dorsetshire mode ; 

 and he has a second meadow, of nearly 

 the same size, constructed upon the ridge 

 and furrow, or Gloucestershire plan, by 

 Edward Dowdesdell, a floater, from 

 South Cerney, the Gloucestershire float- 

 ing Seminary : and to have it in my 

 power to announce to the public such a 

 competition as this, and two such speci- 

 mens, and in such a situation, I can al- 

 most think a sufficient apology for my 

 book, if none other existed. To this 

 competition I refer any person who is 

 in doubt which of the two methods ought 

 **isi; to 



