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viable notoriety now inseparably attached to the history of the 

 flax cause. 



And here, I must briefly advert to the encouragement 

 derived from many of my correspondents whom I may probably 

 never see; but whose intelligent letters I shall retain as 

 pleasing remembrances of friendly co-operation. 



According to my original intention, I shall now proceed to 

 compile this series, with my pamphlets, &c., and to republish 

 them, by subscription, in a collected form, dedicated to the 

 landlords and tenants of Great Britain. The work will contain 

 ample directions for grazing all descriptions of stock, and for 

 securing the flax-crop according to the Belgian system. The 

 whole will be illustrated by engravings of the bullock -boxes, 

 with the machinery and apparatus requisite for the preparation 

 of flax, and for the formation of the seed into the various 

 fattening compounds. 



The price will be regulated by the number of subscribers, 

 but will not exceed five or six shillings. All I require is 

 indemnity from actual loss; my object being the good of my 

 country; my reward, the gratification of success. 



I am, &c., 



JOHN WARNES, Jun. 

 Trimingham, May 9th, 1845. 



VAIN were my resolutions of retiring from the lists of contro- 

 versy, for although my former opponents were disposed of, I 

 was compelled afterwards, as an act of public duty, to cut off a 

 few skirmishers under the disguises of a " Cincinnatus," tf An 

 Old Subscriber," "Ignoramus," &c., who, offering their crude 

 and antiquated notices, impeded the onward march of the grand 

 cause. 



The necessity for my doing so was urged by private and 

 public intimations, of which the subjoined note is an interesting 

 confirmation : 



