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tain thefe points. Should any method of prelbrvlng 

 butter in warm climates be difcovered, it would be 

 produdive of fo many benefits to individuals, and 

 to the nation at large, by giving an opening for a 

 new branch of commerce and manufadlure, that it 

 is much to be wifhed the few experiments wanted to 

 afcertain thefe points were made with fuch care, 

 under the diredion of perfons who would faithfully 

 report the refult to the public, as fhould be fufE- 

 cicnt to remove all doubts upon this head, 



P. S, The greatefl: part of the obfervations con- 

 tained in the foregoing pages were derived from a 

 Lady, who is now beyond the reach of being af- 

 fedlcd by any thing in this fublunary world. Her 

 beneficence of difpofition induced her never to 

 overlook any fa6l or circumflance that fell within 

 the fphere of her obfervation, which promifcd to be 

 in any refpedt beneficial to her fellow-creatures. 

 To her gentle influence the publick are indebted, if 

 they be indeed indebted at all, for whatever ufeful 

 hints may at any time have dropt from my pen, 

 A being, fhe thought, who muft depend fo much as 

 man does, on the afliftance of others, owes as a 

 debt to his fellow- creatures the communication of 

 the littk ufeful knowledge that chance may have 

 thrown in his way. Such has been my conllant 



aim: 



