348 Weights and Measures Question Reconsidered. [June, 
Almost every county has its peculiar acre, and in some 
parts land is measured by “ day’s works.” 
Not further to multiply examples, it would seem, judging 
from these fa< 5 ts, that to introduce a new system of weights 
and measures into general and exclusive use would require 
an amount of official interference and espionage which the 
nation would be apt to resent. 
