11 DEDICATION. 



name of that perfon, whofe unequalled exertions 

 have, in fpitc of difficulties, almoft infuperable, 

 been the means of contributing, in fo remark- 

 able a manner, to dire^fl the induftry, and pro- 

 mote the happinefs of a great nation, will live 

 in the minds of poflerity. 



Your rank in the fcale of fociety, the high 

 degree of refpedl in which you are fo defervedly 

 held, added to the zeal you have lliewn for the 

 improvement of Britifli Agriculture, encourage 

 the promoters of the prefent Work to hope, that 

 under your aufpices, it will meet with the fame 

 favourable reception from the public, that every 

 thing, in which you have hitherto been concern- 

 ed, has done. They at the fame time flatter 

 themfelves, that this Dedication will convey to 

 you, and to the Public, at once, a teflimony of 

 the high regard in which they hold both your 

 private and public virtues. With thefe fenti- 

 ments, which they will ever be proud to avow, 

 they remain, 



SIR, 



Your faithful and obedient ServantSc 



