INTRODUCTION. 



THE Preface to the first volume of thefe 

 papers, and the fubjecl matter of the 

 whole, fo fully exprefs the nature and defign 

 of the inftitution of the Bath Society, as to 

 preclude the neceflity of faying much by way 

 of Introduction. A few brief Remarks, 

 however, may not be deemed impertinent. 



A late ingenious Writer has juftly re- 

 marked, that tc Improvements in Tillage 

 <c arife, in general, from the flow operation 

 " of doubting experience among men who 

 " obtain their bread by the fweat of their 

 M brows, whofe minds are not fufficiently 

 <c enlarged to adopt, but with relu&ance, 

 " any deviation from the pradtice of their 

 <c forefathers, and who are fearful of rifquing 



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