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in such a way, as wc trust will convey some satisfaction to 

 our readers. Tlie imperfectness of this retrospective view^ 

 will, however, be candidly excused by liberal minded per- 

 sons. Such will reflect upon the manifold diftlculties attend- 

 ing a fu'st attempt, — upon tliC importance of the subjects' 

 discussed, — upon the deficiency of materials for completing 

 any thing like a correct picture of British husbandry, — and 

 upon the extent of investigation requisite, before general con- 

 clusions can safely be drawn, from a number of detached lo- 

 cal facts, Witli persons who reflect in this manner, we stand 

 a small chance of being severely condemned ; and to those of 

 a different cliaracter, we would say, in the words of an an- 

 <iient poet, 



Si quid novisti rectius istis. 



* Candidus impert^ : Si non his utere mecum.' 



We shall now present several local sketches, obligingly 

 furnished by correspondents, to whom our most grateful ac- 

 Idowledgments are due. By their aid we are enabled to lay 

 before the public a more correct view of the husbandry of 

 Britain, than could have been accomplished under the most 

 active individual exertion. At the same time, v/e must re- 

 gret, that tlie confined limits of the Supplement restrained us 

 from presenting many articles of considerable importance, 

 besides laying us under the necessity of abridging others ; for 

 wliich liberties we earnestly reauest that our friends will 

 kindly excuse. us. 



GOTLAND. 



