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which I had fallen into, by taking my 

 estimate of the expenses of forming one 

 of these meadows from two improper in- 

 stances, which had lately occurred, and 

 in both which nature herself had already 

 nearly laid out the land to the hand of the 

 floater. I there ventured to fix the pro- 

 bable expense of thus forming a meadow ; 

 and have since discovered, that I had 

 stated it very much too low ; and that it 

 cannot be predetermined, but must de- 

 pend upon a variety of attendant circum- 

 stances ; though, in general, it will be 

 between two and five pounds per acre. 



P. 119, Mr. B., comparing the value of 

 the Dorsetshire meadows, with that of the 

 Gloucestershire, says, " the spring-feed 

 " is on an average let for about ten shil- 

 " lings an acre. If situated near towns, 

 *♦ butchers will give more. The after- 



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