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and longevity of each individual, and has a greater 

 title to the Civic Crown than faving the life of a 

 fingle individual; and I heartily congratulate MonC 

 Francois de Neuchateau, that amiable friend of 

 Monf, LiNGUET, ia whonnthe moft extenfive know- 

 ledge and poetic talents are united with the wifdoni 

 of philofophy: I heartily congratulate him, I fay, 

 in having done juflice to Monf. Parmentier, and 

 in having celebrated, in fome very fine verfes,* the 

 motive of his works, and the obligations and grati- 

 tude due to him. The Authors of the 'journal de 

 Medicine hiVC alfo been duly fenfible-of the utility 

 of thisdifcovery; but they have taken care, at the 

 fame time, to declare, that however good this bread 

 may be, it is inferior to wheaten bread. 



Thefe, Sir, are the principal obfervations which 

 I have made on this Treatife of Monf. Linguet, 

 and which I thought would be ufeful to thofe who 

 might, perhaps, be perfuaded by his authority. 

 Men belter acquainted with thefe fubjeds than 

 myfelf, might, perhaps, have difcufled them with 

 more precifion.* 



1 (hall conclude this letter by remarking, that 

 although the culture of bread-corn may not be 



• Lc plaifir de faire Ic bicn 

 £t le prix de riiomme qui penfe. 



detrimental. 



