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gerous allurements of the fpot where they afTemblf, 

 and to have ereded the temple of induftry in the 

 vale of pleafure. May they prevail on the votaries 

 of the one, to prepare for its relaxations, and 

 double its enjoyments, by being firfl: initiated in the 

 trials and myfteries of the other; and thus to learn, 

 that a tafte for rational employment is the eflential 

 preparative for rendering amufements juft in their 

 purfuit, and innocent in their effe(Ss! Without 

 this, fuch amufements mufl in their end, if not 

 their aim, (however harmlefs they may appear) be 

 merely a vicious diflipation. 



Potatoes, (of which you propofe fome queries to 

 me) I have tried only on a very trifling fcale, among 

 the intervals (for the firft two years) of a little 

 plantation. By working the foil, their vegetation 

 encouraged that of the young trees, and the produce 

 amply paid for every attention to the ground. 



In this county, within about twelve miles of 

 London, they are now extenfively cultivated; but 

 in what mode, or fucceifion of crops, I know not. 



Vox fmall pork, when baked or boiled, mixed 

 with a little barley-meal, we have found them ex- 

 cellent; but for large hogs, they are moft profitably 

 given raw, if thefe have at the fame time the (hack 



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