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water to pass through or over this dung* 

 he will soon see by tlie colour of the grass 

 how far this water extends, and when the 

 grass is eaten oif, its extent and effect will 

 be marked out still more evidently. 



Since writing the above, however, I 

 have examined a little more closely Mr. 

 Smith's description of what I suppose to 

 be the far-famed Lonoleat-meadow ; and 

 I begin to suspect that there has been 

 something like a deception played oif 

 upon us, by Mr. Smith and others, who 

 have spoken rapturously of this meadow. 

 Mr. Smith owns, page 73, that the water 

 of this meadow " comes partly from the 

 '' tail of a mill, and partly from the pond 

 " above it." Hence it seems to appear, 

 that this reputed pellucid spring-water 

 must, in a rainy season, be as muddy as 

 the water of streams in general. 



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