114 
WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
111 this book William Smith frequently gets away from his 
subject, and his lengthy sentences take some following. Perhaps I 
may quote three, taken from his Preface : — The want of the know- 
ledge of lines and levels, in the generality of our farmers, may enable 
OBSERVATIONS 
ON 7HI 
UTILITY, FORM AND MANAGEMENT 
WATER MEADOWS, 
AMD THt 
DRAWIJTG AJ^D JRRlGATmG 
or 
FEAT BOGS, 
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AJ^ ACCOUJ^T OF PRISLET BOG. 
AND CTHER 
(Srtraor&iiurs Jn^obemtnt^, 
CONDUCTtD ro» 
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD 
THOMAS WHLIAM COKE, £.SQ. M. P. 
AND others; 
BY WILLIAM ^MITM, 
ENGINEER AND MINEKALOCIST. 
WCRWUH : »«lNTtD ro»JOHNM*BDlNC, 66, Sl.JAME5'l-ST»tCI 
1806. 
Fac-simile of Title of Smith's '• Treatise on Irrigation," reduced. 
US to account for the neglect of the important aid they afford ; and there 
can be no doubt but it Avould be much better for society, and much 
more condusive to improvements in agriculture, if farmers' sons were 
