TJBRARV 



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Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Bar^ 



OF 



ULBSTER, M. P. 



Sir, 



You cannot be ignorant, that the language 

 of dedication is much oftener the vehicle of flat- 

 tery than the organ of truth ; and that, upon 

 numerous occafions, in place of anfwering any 

 ufeful or refpedlable purpofe, it has been the 

 means of turning both the author and his pa- 

 tron into ridicule. Were we permitted to in- 

 dulge the feelings arifing from private friend- 

 fhip, founded upon a knowledge of the ami- 

 able and refpe6lable qualities you pofFefs, thefe 

 would furnifh them enough, and to fpare : For 

 that, however, there is no occalion ; the com- 

 prehenfive mind, who planned and perfedled 

 the Statistical Account ok Scotland, 

 and afterwards completed the Survey of the 

 Rural Economy of the v/hole kingdom, 

 ftands in no need of individual praife. When 

 the benefadors of mankind are mentioned, the 



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