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private Gentleman, above forty years fince, left 

 his whole fortune to endow an Academy of Agri- 

 culture. The firft Ec'clefiaftick in the Dutchy is 

 prefident of this fociety, and many of the chief 

 nobility are members. 



Animated with a defire that the people under 

 his government mould excel in the art of hus- 

 bandry, his Sardinian Majefty has alfo fent perfons 

 to learn the different modes of practice in foreign 

 countries; and made fome fpirited attempts to 

 eftablifh a better method of agriculture among 

 his fubjects. 



In Poland, where a natural fertility of foil feems 

 to difpenfe with the neceflity of calling in the aid 

 of improvements, M. De Bieluski, grand Mar- 

 fhal of the Crown, has made many fuccefsful at- 

 tempts to introduce the new husbandry among 

 his countrymen; and procured the beft inftru- 

 ments for that purpofe from France, England, 

 and other parts of Europe. 



The Hollanders are the only people now in 

 Europe who feem to look upon agriculture with 

 indifference. Except the {ingle collateral inftance 

 of draining their fens and rnorafTes, they have 

 fcarcely paid any attention to it ; and even this 



feems 



