8^ 



circumstanced, are almost independent 

 of each other, with respect to the quan- 

 tity of water ; and the number of acres 

 will be no real impediment to the adop- 

 tion of the above process. 



Mr. B. aftenv^ards adds, " when the 

 " water is turned out of one meadow, it is 

 " often half, and sometimes a whole day, 

 '* before it rises high enough to flow suffi- 

 ** eiently over another meadow, to spread 

 '* it properly over all the works." 



This shews, that the Dorsetshire mea- 

 dows are constructed too much upon the 

 dead-level plan; and that the water is 

 extended too far. I do not, however, see 

 how this is reconcileable with what Mr. B. 

 asserted in the preceding page, that the 

 " force of these streams was so great, as 

 ** not to be resisted, for a few hours, by 

 M " temporary 



