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formed upon a soil of this nature; and 

 many good floated meadows may be found 

 in various parts of the kingdom similarly 

 constituted : and with respect to water, I 

 can say that I have not heard of any spe- 

 cies that has been wholly condemned for 

 this purpose. Mr. SjNIITH, here, probably 

 alludes to Avhat I have urged concern- 

 ing the comparative qualities of differ- 

 ent kinds of water ; for I have proceeded 

 further, perhaps, than any other writer on 

 the subject, in insisting on the superior 

 efficacy of river or muddy-water, but I 

 have never gone so far as positively to 

 condemn any sort of water as unfit for the 

 purpose of irrigation. I have only made 

 such a distinction between clear and 

 muddy-water as experience, as common 

 sense, and as truth compelled me to make. 

 I should have been happy to have had it 

 in my power to have said, that all waters 



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