Here the area appears to be la. 3r. lp., which is too little by 17p.

Here the area appears to be la. 3r. 16p., which is too little by 11p.

2. Lay down a curve-line offset, and find its area, from the following notes.

NOTE. When the content of a small piece of land does not amount to an acre, and if the number of figures in the area be under five, as many ciphers must be placed on the left of the area as will make it five before we can point-off the decimals, because 100,000 square links make an acre. Suppose the area to be 9625 square links; then we must make it '09625; and by multiplying successively by 4 and 40, we shall obtain for the area 15·4 square perches.

3. Lay down the figure of a piece of land adjoining a river, and find its area, from the following notes.