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Preface signed: Hugh E. Seebohm
Introductory chapter to limit the scope of the inquiry.--pt. I. British and Irish evidence.--pt. II. The old British mile.--pt. III. On the customary acres of Britain, Ireland, and Armorica.--pt. IV. The customary acres of northern and eastern Europe.--pt. V. The land units of the Mediterranean basin.--pt. VI. The problem of the British and Armorican acres