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the Society, have been generally fupprefledj 

 yet it is but juftice to acknowledge, that the 

 Society feel a fincere pleafure in the appro- 

 bation of Gentlemen who would difdain to 

 offer the incenfe oi projlituted praife. 



Their good opinion will ferve to excite 

 and increafe an emulation to merit its con- 

 tinuance, by an uniform fpirited endeavour 

 to promote the important purpofes of this 

 eftablifhment. 



Therefore, while returning thanks for the 

 paft, the Society feel themfelves ftrongly 

 impelled to folicit future favours: for by 

 means of thefe publications, the pra6tical 

 information received is not confined to the 

 comparatively narrow diftri6l of four Coun- 

 ties, but, by being circulated at large through- 

 out the kingdom, becomes generally and ex- 

 tenfively ufeful. 



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