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feveral Gentlemen* into Kngland and other na- 

 tions, to ltudy agriculture, and is giving it all 

 poilible encouragement in her own dominions. 



The aft of agriculture has alfo been for near 

 thirty years publickly taught in the Swedifti, 

 Diinilli, and German Univcrfities, where the Pro- 

 feifors may render effectual fervicc to their re- 

 spective countries, if they underftand the practical, 

 as well as the Speculative part, and can converfe 

 with as much advantage with the farmer as with 

 Virgil and Columella. 



Even Italy (funk as it is in luxury and the 

 enervating arts of pleafure) has not been totally 

 ina'ftive. The Neapolitans of this age have conde- 

 fcended to recur to the firft rudiments of revived 

 hufbandry, and begun to ftudy anew the Agricultu- 

 ral Syftem of Crescenzio, firft publilhed in 1478. 



The people of Bergamo have purfued the fame 

 plan, and given a new edition of the Ricordo d' 

 Agriculture de Tarello, firft publiftied in 1577. 



The Dutchy of Tufcany have, to their honour, 

 imbibed the fame ipirit for improvement. A 



• M.John Komove, of Peterftnirgh, one of thefc Gentlemen, 

 honorary Member of the Bath Society. 



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