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their neighbours, and therefore I have 

 taken the Hberty of mentioning their 

 names. 



Page 46 — " Tliis method would answer 

 " all the purposes of complete saturation, 

 " which seems to be one of the most essen- 

 " tial parts of irrigation*'* 



Saturation is an evil inseparable from^ 

 but not an essential part of, irrigation* 

 Mr. Smith will give up this idea when he 

 has given this subject due consideration^ 

 Indeed this passage is directly at variance 

 with what he has said in page 24, and is 

 in opposition to his general assertions, 

 whenever he mentions the advantages of 

 the absorbency of certain soils. The 

 grasses of a meadow require and perspire 

 much water, but they require it to be duly 

 administered to them ; and a surfeit, says 



/ Mr. 



