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water was first brought over it. But, dis 

 continue floating on a meadow, which 

 has had the advantage of muddy-water, 

 and its soil will be found to have received 

 an addition, that will prove a permanent 

 amelioration. Examine every effect of 

 these two kinds of water, and in no single 

 instance will it be found, that the former 

 is preferable to the latter ; but if there be 

 any valuable stimulus, force, shelter, or 

 encouragement, in clear-water — muddy- 

 water likewise has all these, and gives that 

 strength and power besides, which are al- 

 ways necessary to render the crop, that is 

 produced, good in quality. Perhaps the 

 introduction of the following facts, may 

 serve, in some measure, to illustrate what 

 I have asserted on this point : — About ten 

 years ago, Mr. Randal, from South Cer- 

 ney, entered upon a farm at Quenington, 

 the property of Mr. Hicks Beach, in the 

 L 2^ neigh- 



