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of forefts? Are there any methods of deftroying noxious in- 
feéts, and of cherifhing fuch as yield us honey and filk? Do 
we know the moft advantageous manner of breeding cattle, 
of multiplying flocks, and of improving their fleece? 
Tue flighteft refletion. fuffices to-let us fee the intricacy, 
the extent, the importance of the inveftigations which thefe 
queftions involve. 
Bur, according to the prefent difpofition of things, how is 
the tyro farmer to acquire this knowledge? From’ the limited 
experience, the coarfe, and often erroneous obfervations of his 
neighbours ; from the vague rules handed down by tradition, 
and blended with prejudices and fuperftitions interwoven by 
ignorance; or, at beft, by gleaning from the mifcellaneous 
details and imperfect eflays of fome judicious modern experi- 
menters. But the inferior orders of men have neither accef$ 
to books, nor opportunities for ftudy. And of thofe even 
who do enjoy fuperior advantages of fortune and leifure, how 
few are qualified to combine and ufefully apply the fcattered 
ae aid & 
tsa dime P28 Songs 
Coutp fuch a random education, * and! exe ns fo iil ere 
rected ever have led to the illuftrious difcoveries which dist _ 
lights of modern difcoveries ? 
nify other departments of fcience? which teach us tot call 
every {tar in the heavens by its name, to traverfe the track- 
lefs ocean and connect the moft diftant regions of the globe, 
to defcend into the bowels of the earth, to pierce the fky, 
and to rob the lightening of its fury? 
Vou. IV. (F) THE» 
