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INTRODUCTION. 



n^HE Prefervation cf the Health cf per/ons employed 

 in Agriculture, is, abftr aft ed from moral and reli- 

 gious confederations, of greater national importance than 

 any improvement either in the theory or p' aft ice of the 

 art can lay claim to. 



Without Artificers, it is obvious, that there can be no 

 mctnufafture of any kind-, and if the workmen are infe- 

 rior in number to the proportion required, the bufenefs 

 mufi languifh, or be contracted in its extent. An attempt, 

 therefore, to correft the errors, or to referain the impru- 

 dence, with refpeft to Juch matters as concern Health, 

 of thoje employed in this branch, can need no apology. 



I wijh I could fay, that the execution of the work 

 were equal to the importance of thefubjeft-, but however 

 inferior it may be, it contains, I truft, fome ujeful cau- 

 tions, and, I hope, fome hints that may lead to farther 

 improvement. 



I have judged it eligible, to addrejs the prejent work 

 to thofe who employ the perfons for whoje immediate ufe 

 the cautions are principally intended, rather than to at- 

 tempt to infer uft the people themf elves. Few of the latter 

 have much time for reading, and little capacity for in- 

 fer uilion in matters ofreafonmg. I have, therefore, ven- 

 tured 



