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the construction of their farming and agricultural implements, 

 with their peculiar modes of use ; the methods practised in 

 laying down land for pasturage, or of breaking up land for 

 arable purposes ; what practices are adopted for the improve- 

 ment or draining of boggy or wet land, as also for bringing 

 dry arid lands into tillage ; what timber trees are likely to be 

 of service if introduced into this country. What plants are 

 in a state of cultivation, as grain, esculent roots, vegetables, 

 fruits, or for oeconomical or domestic purposes, as Hops, 

 Tobacco, Coffee, Sugar, &c., and under what treatment ; 

 what modes are adopted for preserving or curing seed that 

 may have been injured by inclement weather, or bad harvest- 

 ing ; what plants are resorted to as a succedaneum on the 

 failure of any peculiar crop, or in the case of famine. The 

 construction of the carriages employed for agricultural and 

 other purposes, with models of any improvements on those 

 in use here, with the cost and materials of which they are 

 constructed. What animals are employed either for the 

 purpose of husbandry or domestic conveniences, with their 

 food and peculiar management. 



The Mechanist will investigate the state of the Mechanical 

 Arts, as also the nature of the various Machines or Engines 

 he may see, the construction of Steam Engines, Machi- 

 nery for weavingin its various branches, as also what Machines 

 may be in use for dressing and spinning of Cotton, Flax, 

 Hemp, Silk, &c. What plans are adopted in excavating, 

 either for the purpose of Mining, or for Wells ; what parti- 

 cular tackle is used in descending the shafts of Mines, and 

 how managed ; what methods are adopted in launching 

 vessels, and any peculiarities in their construction j are 



