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come to be properly adverted to, men of liberal 

 minds in every rank of life, perceiving its great 

 importance, and obferving at the fame time the 

 trifling effort that is required to confer the mofl 

 folid advantages on their country, will emuloufly 

 prefs forward to obtain an honourable place among 

 that lift of patriots, whofe names will doubtlefs be 

 preferved to future ages by a grateful people, who, 

 while they enjoy the benefits this aflbciation has 

 conferred upon them, will with focial ]oy celebrate 

 their praifes. And though there can be no doubt 

 but the efforts of individuals would be altogether fuf- 

 ficient eafily to effedt thefe falutary purpofes, with- 

 out any public aid, or royal affiftance^ yet it would 

 be highly unbecoming of thofe who fhould plan 

 fuch a laudable inftitution not to folicit the royal 

 patronage, and to put it in the power of the King, 

 or the Prince of Wales, to have the honour of being 

 the patron of an undertaking fo fuitable to the dif- 

 pofitions of thofe who glory in the titles of the fa- 

 ther and the friend of their people. 



The effeds of the royal bounty^ in improving the 

 breed of another valuable clafs of animals, the horje^ 

 are well known. By a fimilar bounty in the prefent 

 cafe, though much more limited in extent, effeds 

 fimilar in kind, but of infinitely greater national 

 importance, might be expelled to be produced. 



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