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There remains another objection, or 

 rather obstruction to this art, still unmen- 

 tioned, which, in many situations, ope- 

 rates as a prohibition ; I mean the entire 

 power over the water, which is too often 

 possessed by the proprietors of mills. This 

 exclusive claim, to the great detriment of 

 the community, prevents the improve- 

 ment of numberless acres; but this ob- 

 jection, one would hope, will, ere long, be 

 removed by the adjusting interference of 

 parliament. 



I have thus thrown together the sum. 

 and substance of all that I have seen, 

 heard, and read on the subject of water- 

 ing or floating meadow-land ; and if what 

 I have here written, shall in any degree 

 tend to give a clearer conception of the 

 true practice than has hitherto been con- 

 veyed, or shall induce any one to try the 

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