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greatefl: circulation, which you may probably have 

 feen in them: But left thefe fliould not fall in your 

 way, I fend the inclofed copy to be ufed or publiftied 

 as you may think proper. 



I remain, with fmcere efteem, dear Sir, 



your obliged humble fervant, 



JAMES ANDERSON. 



To Mr. Matthews. 



To Sir John Sinclair, bart. Prefidcnt of the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



** Sir, Cotfield near Edingb. ^Oth June, '795' 



*' I USE the freedom to trouble you at prefent on the 

 fubjefl of draining, as adopted by Mr. Elkington, of 

 Lancafhire, not with a view to detract from the merit of 

 that gentleman, nor to find fault with the remuneration you 

 have obtained for him, but merely to fet you right in regard 

 to a matter of hSt that concerns me, which might eafily 

 efcape your notice. 



" It is evident, you fuppofe, that the mode of draining 

 ground, which has been fuccefsfully practifed by Mr. El- 

 kington for fome years part, is peculiarly the invention of 

 that gentleman himfelf. That this is not the cafe admits 

 of evidence which, I fuppofe, you will allow to be unde- 

 niable. It is now twenty years fmce a book, entitled, EJfays 

 relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was publifhed hy me; 

 and if you will take the trouble of turning to the fecond 



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