640 [=665] (V.1)

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640

act, that a plan once laid down
offers a base upon which something
may be constructed; if the plan
shews nothing but the ignorance
of the designer, it has the merit
of pointing out the evils to be 640
guarded against; if generally
or only moderately applicable to
the purpose, it relieves others
from preliminary and rudiment-
ary trouble, and enables the
mind to be employed on improv-
ing that of which the original
is the mere ground work.
In the present case, the
interference of rivers, and the
peculiarly narrow sections of
country through which the
main canals take their course,
render the distribution of the
Rajbuha, a somewhat com-
plicated question; it is one that
has given me much thought,
and the conclusions at which
I have arrived, are the results of
mature and deliberate consider-
ation. The general principles
are derived from those which
originated on the eastern Sumna
canal, and which have been
attended with the greatest success
not only in economizing the
supply, and in facilitating the
distribution of water to the
cultivators; but in protecting
the interests of both the Government
and those who are dependant
upon the canals for irrigation
The details, will offer a skeleton
for operations, and a ground work
for bringing to completion, that
which I have only within [the / this ?]
[last ?]

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