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extent of the advantage to be derived by 

 floating from a large and rapid river, I 

 shall at least feel that I cannot be deemed 

 an unpardonable intruder on the present 

 occasion. 



I shall think it my duty to give any 

 further explanation or information in my 

 power ; and if any one, imagining that he 

 lias a considerable tract of land capable of 

 being thus improved, and yet suspecting 

 that difficulties may occur, which he him- 

 self may not be able to surmount, be de- 

 sirous that I should send him a Glouces- 

 tershire floater, I shall be happy in exe- 

 cuting such a commission. The floaters 

 usually charge a guinea per week and their 

 board ; and will not bnly take an active 

 part in the manual labour, but will give 

 instructions to as many men as it may be 

 thought fit to employ under their direction. 



I shall 



