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1 should not advise any person to avail 

 himself of this advantage, for the three 

 reasons which I have already mentioned. 

 And before he wrote the above, Mr. Smith 

 should have recollected, that in a dry sea- 

 son, all water is clean enough for the above 

 purpose; and in a wet season, the grass 

 could not want the soaking which he rew 

 commends. 



Page 78, INIr. Smith says " Where wa- 

 " ter has been used a hundred times, if the 

 " last land be equally fit to receive it, the 

 " effect is equally beneficial ; and I need 

 "not quote a stronger proof than the 

 " meadows about Salisbury, which are 

 " floated with water frequently used in 

 " the different vallies which are united 

 " near that cit3\" 



I have been seeking for proofs of this 



assertion 



