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But I am ftill of the opinion, that fomething 

 given inwardly is neceflary to purify the blood; 

 and perhaps nothing can be more efficacious than 

 the firft mixture defcribed above. 1 have tried 

 both methods, and always found, that when in- 

 ternal as well as external applications were ufed, 

 the cure was mod radical and lading. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Your faithful friend and fervant, 



T. B r, 



H 1, March 1 2, 1 7 8 1 . 



Article XL. 



On preferring turnips from the Fly. 



[By a Gentleman Farmer at Drayton in Norfolk.] 



Gentlemen, 



THE variety of experiments made ufe of du- 

 ring many years pad for preferving that 

 excellent and ufeful plant the turnip from the 

 ravages of the fly, having proved in many in- 

 ftances ineffectual, or at lead: inadequate to the 

 purpofe intended; permit me, thro' the channel 

 of your intereding publication, to offer the fol- 

 lowing 



