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The former part of this quotation evidently inti- 

 mates, that the improvement of young gentlemen 

 in claflical learning would not be impeded, but 

 rather promoted, by attending to Agriculture ; and 

 the experience of every one who has led a ftudious 

 life will teftify that the open air invigorates the 

 mind and prepares it for receiving inftrudtion, be- 

 caufc it ca^ bear application only to a certain de- 

 gree, and (lands in need of being frequently reinvi- 

 gorated by amufements and lighter ftudies. 



Time is precious, and might be virtually length- 

 ened by a proper difpofal of it. When the mind is 

 fatigued with clofe application, exercife in the open 

 air will renew its ftrength and activity. Additional 

 to their being taught the value of the different nelds 

 over which they may walk with thtir tutor, from 

 the various plants each field naturally produces. 

 Botany may be attended to as a pleafing and in- 

 ftrudlive fcience -, neither Ihould planting and gar- 

 dening by any means be negle6led ; nor the art of 

 furveying and delineating eftates be confidered as 

 beneath their notice.* 



In bad weather they may be occafionally amufed 

 with experiments on various branches of natural 



* It ts not meant wholly to exclude the Tons of poor men from 

 thefe iludiet. 



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