" which he performs upon by ftages thus : 

 " He firft takes an outfide flag, and having 

 " gone fome yards upon that, he returns, not 

 " upon the next flag, but upon the other 

 " outfide flag of the three, and then finishes 

 u his ftage by taking the middle one. This 

 " is done to keep his three droppers fully 

 " employed, and at the lame time to prevent 

 " his filling up the holes with his feet before 

 " the feeds arc depofited. Were he to carry 

 " but one flag with him, the droppers would 

 " have to pafs each other repeatedly, and 

 1 have three times the ground to walk over; 

 : whereas, by the above contrivance, they 

 c< are always uniformly progreffive, and each 

 1 child finifhes its own flag. 

 " The droppers keep up with their dibbler, 

 putting two or three grains of wheat in 

 each hole, (but of peafe only one). The 

 girls carry the feed in their aprons, the 

 boys in their hats, or other contrivance. 

 " Out of thofe they take about half a hand- 

 " ful, and deliver the feed into the holes 

 " through an aperture made between the firll 

 " and fccond fingers. Much time and pa- 

 1 tiencc i- ncccflary to teach a child to per- 



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