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ma^ke a proper distinction between scum 

 and sediment, 



P. 28, Mr. B. says, " Every inequality 

 " in water meadows, should either bo 

 '* levelled down, or filled up," 



This direction ought to be regulated by 

 the expense, which is the most powerful 

 enemy that this practice has to contend 

 with ; for it often happens that a twentieth 

 part of a meadow may cost rnore, in being 

 levelled down to the general surface, than 

 all the other parts in being effectually 

 floated. In every instruction that I give, 

 I shall cautiously avoid the rock of ex- 

 pense. I know many farmers who wish 

 to preserve a small eminence in their 

 meadow, for the cattle to resort to, in a 



rainy 



