. Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800. Reproductions in facsimile and extracts from their actual writings, enlarged and revised from articles which have appeared in "The Field" from 1903-1907. To which is added an exhaustive bibliography . fhetuai) tiyc tnancr of incartirpngcof allmatur of lariDe , as toell of b)Oof)la^^r,a6 of lanftr tt>f fflOf ,Ariocomplrngci\)tixut noinliK offlcrefiuftOf jJlcU)lPC iruiciucD aaO cjinpplfb tip Ib^i Rp * t\)^zbt X3fnrrf Ct)a* nun ofil^.irtpri rniiapbffp&t I clD on. «^-4r-^ ^•^^^,1^. t^^h^ CP;^J)tcti m ^outDibarae in §)0
. Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800. Reproductions in facsimile and extracts from their actual writings, enlarged and revised from articles which have appeared in "The Field" from 1903-1907. To which is added an exhaustive bibliography . fhetuai) tiyc tnancr of incartirpngcof allmatur of lariDe , as toell of b)Oof)la^^r,a6 of lanftr tt>f fflOf ,Ariocomplrngci\)tixut noinliK offlcrefiuftOf jJlcU)lPC iruiciucD aaO cjinpplfb tip Ib^i Rp * t\)^zbt X3fnrrf Ct)a* nun ofil^.irtpri rniiapbffp&t I clD on. «^-4r-^ ^•^^^,1^. t^^h^ CP;^J)tcti m ^outDibarae in §)0>>iU ^ .^J/- Riclmrde Benese, 1537. 5^^ ^„^^ 3., 32 A GRIC UL TURAL WRITERS. SYR RICHARDE BENESE. 1500—1546. SURVEVLNG as it is known to-day may be defined as the art ofdetermining the boundaries or superficial contents of land and buildingsby a form of practical mathematics. In olden times the office of asurveyor extended much beyond this, his occupation being similar to thatnow called in England an agent, and in Scotland a factor. He was,indeed, the medium between the landlord and tenant. From the earliest times Biblical references are made to themeasurement of land, whilst surveying was adopted in Egypt by KingPtolemy. It is on record that when the river Nilus (Nile) overflowed itsbanks the marks and bounds of all grounds were washed away, where-upon they decided to plot out every mans land, so that when the watersreceded each could find his own plot. It was absolutely necessary inthe days of the great Roman Empire that surveyors shou
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