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'the improvement of 5HEEP\^In(P WQOI^. 



to Sir John Sine/air, hart, and the other directors and members 

 - of the society instituted for the improvement af^BritiJh luool 

 i in Scot/and. 



Gentlemen, 

 It must give pleasure to every one who has the pro- 

 sperity of this country at heart, to see, that, by your 

 means, such a general spirit has been excited in this 

 nation, and the public attention so strongly directed 

 towards the improvement of wool, one of the earliest 

 and most important staple productions of this island; 

 >and it is the duty of ewery good man to co-operate 

 Ivith you in rendering these improvements as com- 

 plete and as lasting as pofsible. 



As you have invited every person to suggest what- 

 ever appears to them of utility on this momentous 

 subject, I beg leave, in comi^liance with that invi- 

 tation, with all pofsible respect, to submit the follow- 

 ing hints to your consideration. 



The -attention of a great part of Europe is now di- 

 rected towards you, and expectations are raised that 

 ought not to be disappointed. It therefore behoves 

 you to proceed with a cautious circumspection. 

 Many important facts respecting this subject ars 

 hitherto unascertained; and as opinions are divided 

 concerning them, I humbly • beg leave to submit to 

 ,yc)ur consideration, whether, in order to cut fiiort the 

 endlefs arguments that must occur where opinions 

 are offered instead of facts. It might not be proper to 

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