4oa Note by the Conduclcr. N 



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hearty thank? to the author of them, for the abundant and libe- 

 ral fupply of materials thereby furniflied to us. Nearly the 

 tvhole advice c^iven by him to his Englifh friend, accords with the 

 mod approved fyftem of rural pradice 5 and we are exceedingly 

 happy to ftate, that a number ot our correfjx^ndents have expref- 

 feci great fatisfacLion with the information communicated. We 

 v/iil be proud to recei^'e a continuance of this gentleman's favours, 

 who appears well verfcd both in the theory and practice of rural 

 fcience. 



It is perhaps ncceiTary to remind Our readers of the origin of 

 thefe Strictures. Requefted by a gentleman refident about fifty- 

 miles from London to villt his ellate, and give an opinion con- 

 cerning the necelhiry improvements, the author,, after a minute 

 infpecfion in Augufl 1 799, made a report, the fubftance of which 

 is prefented in the feveral letters inferted in this Magazine. We 

 refer our readers to Vol. II. p. 38, containing an introductory 

 letter which fufficiently explains the fcope and intention of the 

 Stri£l:ures Indeed the author feems to have formed ideas of 

 Englifh hufbandry fomcthing fimilar to thofe entertained by U5,. 

 fifter examining the fame tracl of country which came under 

 his obfervatior*:. N. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER's MAGAZINE. 



General ObfervatiQ?is on Highland Rural Economy, 



Sir, 



I am difpofed to believe that your correfpondent * The Rural 

 Economift ' (page 262), meant well, when he communicated 

 his * Reflections on the means of preventing emigration from the 

 Highlands \ ' though I cannot approve of all the propofitions 

 offered by him for promoting the welfare and profperlty of thaC 

 quarter of the ifland. I obferve, that he confiders capital Rock 

 as the fine qua non of iniprovement, which, though I am willing 

 to allow in the abllrac^, yet on tlie whole is lefs neeeflary, when 

 the prefent fituation of the Highlands is confidered. I am fatis- 

 fied, were the prefent race of people fullered to remain in the 

 Highlands, that fufficient capital Hock would" foon be gained by 

 them, provided they were fecured by proper leafes, and perfonal and 

 predial fervices, at this time lb prevalent, utterly aboliflied. Were 

 thefe things done, the greateit part of the Highlands might, in 

 time, be as well cultivat'.xl and as populous as tlie mountainous 

 -countries of Wales and Switzerland, The Highlanders arc fure- 



