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1-eady for a produdlion that their appearance might 

 denote the period for, 



I am not infenfible that an objedion to this in- 

 dicative fowing may arife, from the obfervation 

 that the embloflbmed tree is often blafted, and the 

 cxpcdation of fruit defeated; that nature herfel^ 

 not being uniform in her promife of plenty, it 

 evinces fhe can rear no certain ftandard to deter-- 

 mine the procefs of art. There is fome weight ia 

 the objedlion j but as the cafual poverty of an in* 

 duftrious ceconomift fubverts not the general fuc- 

 cefs of oeconomy; and as there is fcarcely a general 

 rule without exception, the objedion is much 

 weakened. 



I am, with refpedtful regard, &cc. 



JOHN WAGSTAFFE. 



Norwicby Seft. 9, 1789. 



C^lr It is with fomc diffidence that we can allow Mr, 

 WagftafFe's opinions to appear in this queftionable fhape; 

 but fince he delivers them as the refult of continued obfer^ 

 vation, we are willing to give him credit for care in his me- 

 morandums. — And the fubjc6l is worthy the confideration, 

 at leaft, of the practical farmer. 



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