Stlenlijtc Netvsy Accounts of BookSf &t. 317- 



1. That a tour fliall be made at different times through all the principal grazing diftri^ls 

 in that part of Great Britain called England, fimilar to thofe of Arthur Young, Efq. or 

 Mr. Marfliall, the writer of the valuable volumes on the Rural Economy of the different 

 Counties, for the purpofe of afcertaining and defining the different difcafes incident to 

 horned cattle and Hieep, the various caufes whence they arife, and the means of preventing 

 and remedying them. 



2. That every particular difeafe (fo far at lead as fuch tour (hall afford opportunity) (hall 

 undergo a fcientific and full inveftigation, with a view to the different ends propofed. 



3. That minutes of every material occurrence and tranfaftion relative to the obje£ts in 

 view fliall be regularly taken and preferved, with a view to future publication ; in particular^ 

 that thefe fhall record the nature of particular difeafes, the diftrifts where they are moft 

 prevalent, the real,, apparent, or probable caufes of them, the provincial opinions on the 

 fubjedt, the fymptoms of fuch difeafes, the means which have been hitherto employed with 

 intent to remedy them, the fuccefs or otherwife of fuch means, the morbid anatomical ap- 

 pearances after death, the certain or probable means of prevention, &c, 



4. That the refult of the whole fhall be publiflied in odtavo volumes, either In diftinft 

 parts once in every fix or twelve months, or, arranged in fyftematical form, at the con- 

 clufion of the tour, as may be thought advifable by the Secretary to the Board and the 

 Author, upon fuch terms as (hall furnifti them to the fubfcribers at a moderate expence. 



5. That the Board fhall afford tlieir fau£tion to the undertaking by a letter of recom>- 

 mendation from the Preudentj which the Tourifl fhall be at liberty to carry with him, 

 and {how occafionally. 



6. That the expence of the undertaking and the remuneration to the Tourifl fliall be 

 borne and defrayed by a public fubfcription and the money to arife from publication of the 

 minutes. 



I, That fubfcriptions fhall be received (probably) by Arthur Young, Efq. F. R. S. Se- 

 cretary to the Board. 



8. That the Royal Family and Nobility of this kingdom, Foreign Potentates and Nobi- 

 lity, and Public Bodies and Societies eftablifhed by royal charter, be invited to fubfcribc at 

 pleafure. 



9. That the Gentry, Land Owners,. Breeders, Graziers, and all others fhall become 

 fubfcribers upon the payment of to the Receiver. 



10. That a fufficient number of copies of the minutes fliall be handfomely printed on a 

 fuperfine royal quarto paper, and hot preffed, and delivered gratis to all fubfcribers of any 

 £um, being five guineas more than the ordinary fubfcription. 



II. That fo foon as pounds are fubfcribed,. the Tourift will proceed, in the. 

 undertaking. 



