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pace, that fhall exhibit characters in a light totally 

 new ; that Ihall rather brand than exalt "the virtues 

 hitherto admired ; that ihall place in the full blaze 

 of meridian lustre, actions lost on the mafs of man- 

 kind ; that fhall pay more homage to the memory of 

 « prince that gave a ram to a farmer, than for wield- 

 ing the sceptre — obeyed alike on the Ganges and 

 the Thames. 



" I fhall presume to offer but one other general ob- 

 servation : — when we see HIS majesty practising 

 hufbandry with that warmth that marks a favourite 

 pursuit ; — and taking such steps to diffuse a foreign 

 breed of flieep, well calculated to improve those of 

 his kmgdoms \ — when we see the royal pursuits take 

 such a direction, we may safely conclude, that the 

 public measures which, in certain instances, have 

 been so hostile to the agriculture of this country, 

 have nothing in common with the opinions of out 

 gracious sovereign : such measures are the work «tf" 

 men, who never felt for hufbandry ; who never prac- 

 tised ; who never loved it : — it is not such men that 

 give rams to farmers. 



