Excerpt from The Gentleman and Farmer's Pocket Companion and Assistant: Consisting of Tables for Finding the Contents of Any Piece of Land by Pacing, or by Dimensions Taken on the Spot in Ells; Likewise, Various Other Tables, of Great Use to Every Gentleman and Farmer in Scotland To measure an irregular field of three To measure a very irregular field Another method for To measure a To measure a loch, pond, or To measure roads, burns, and fences To measure one, two, three, or more crooked ridges To find the contents by the tables when the ground exceeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.