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And even the term acre, amongst our ancestors, was not
always, nay scarce ever, restrained to a precise measure
of area, but was assumed vaguely to signify any inclo-
sure, or distinguished piece of ground ; such as we now
call lawn, croft, or field ; and in «ommon uninclosed
tracts, shared amongst several proprietors, the arable
portions, formerly called acres by computation, our far-
mers call lands, as two lands, three lands &c. All such,
appellations of vague computed quantities, were for-
merly in common with us and all nations on the Earth,
until determinate measures, and methods of applying
them to areas of land, Were invented and practised.
ÌVlany centuries, no doubt, passed by, after the con-
fusion of tongues at the tower of Babel, and consequent
dispersion of the more remote descendants of Noah,
before mankind could even settle their languages, much
less invent practical methods, by settled instrumental
measures, for proportioning and adjusting their lands.
They, however, who settled in those regions where the
Pyramid, in question, exists, and in process of time were
called Egyptians, from some chief or other whose origin
can only be traced up to fabulous traditions, but who
must have been no very remote relative to the immediate
descendants of the Noachidae ; they, I say, Were very
likely to remember the tradition of this paragon being a
standard, whence determinate quantities of measure
might be assumed. Nor can we reasonably doubt but
*ïome amongst them were prompted by the same curiosity
as tempted our modems ; to make their way to the
chamber, where the useful abridged copy of centesimal
measures would be found, i. e. the granite Chest.
We read of the very early notion the»aneients con-
ceived of centësms ; and from such impressions on their
minds
And even the term acre, amongst our ancestors, was not
always, nay scarce ever, restrained to a precise measure
of area, but was assumed vaguely to signify any inclo-
sure, or distinguished piece of ground ; such as we now
call lawn, croft, or field ; and in «ommon uninclosed
tracts, shared amongst several proprietors, the arable
portions, formerly called acres by computation, our far-
mers call lands, as two lands, three lands &c. All such,
appellations of vague computed quantities, were for-
merly in common with us and all nations on the Earth,
until determinate measures, and methods of applying
them to areas of land, Were invented and practised.
ÌVlany centuries, no doubt, passed by, after the con-
fusion of tongues at the tower of Babel, and consequent
dispersion of the more remote descendants of Noah,
before mankind could even settle their languages, much
less invent practical methods, by settled instrumental
measures, for proportioning and adjusting their lands.
They, however, who settled in those regions where the
Pyramid, in question, exists, and in process of time were
called Egyptians, from some chief or other whose origin
can only be traced up to fabulous traditions, but who
must have been no very remote relative to the immediate
descendants of the Noachidae ; they, I say, Were very
likely to remember the tradition of this paragon being a
standard, whence determinate quantities of measure
might be assumed. Nor can we reasonably doubt but
*ïome amongst them were prompted by the same curiosity
as tempted our modems ; to make their way to the
chamber, where the useful abridged copy of centesimal
measures would be found, i. e. the granite Chest.
We read of the very early notion the»aneients con-
ceived of centësms ; and from such impressions on their
minds