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of this kind ; I shall call in an ox or ft 

 sheep, and if either oi these judicious tasters 

 shall decide against me, I will then at 

 once drop all my muddy argumentation. 

 I have tried this point, and have seen it 

 proved by others in a variety of cases. I 

 use two clear springs, and a very muddy 

 stream, in one and the same meadow; 

 and I have a much greater quantity of 

 grass on the part where the muddy-water 

 flows, than on the other part which is irri- 

 gated by the spring-water; and my oxen 

 and sheep never condescend to bite the 

 latter, until the former has nearly disap- 

 appeared, and this too, notwithstanding 

 the spring-water part has twice the fall of 

 the other part; and fall is a powerful 

 sweetener of the crop. If Mr. Smith 

 will cause only a part of a load of rotten 

 dung to be tluown into one of the feeders 

 of the Longleat-meadow, and suffer the 



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