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i-airiy night, both to prevent a destructive- 

 treading of the grass, and to accommo-* 

 date the cattle with dry lying. 



P. 29, Mr. B. says, <^ The water having 

 •* been so very lately strained over the 

 " ground, it is supposed by the water-* 

 " men to be not so enriching as it was 

 ** before it was used." 



This is not a mere supposition of the 

 watermen, but is a principle in the Art of 

 Floating which ought, upon every occa.- 

 sion, to be peremptorily insisted on, al- 

 though it may be at variance with some 

 parts of Mr. Bos well's System. In- 

 deed, not only is the bed which receives 

 the first water, more fertile than those 

 that have the second or third use of it, 

 but the upper part of every bed is riclier 



than 



