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most likely to bring us back an impartial ac 

 count of what he should see. His great know 

 ledge of farming as well as of manufacturing af 

 fairs ; his capacity of estimating local advan 

 tages and disadvantages; the natural turn of 

 his mind for discovering the means of applying 

 .to the use of man all that is furnished by the 

 earth, the air, and water; the patience and perse 

 verance with which he pursues all his inqui 

 ries ; the urbanity of his manners, which opens 

 to him all the sources of information : his inflex 

 ible adherence to truth: all these marked him 

 out as the man, on whom the public might 

 safely rely. 



851. I, therefore, give his Journal, made 

 during his tour. He offers no opinion as to 

 the question above stated. That I shall do ; 

 and, when the reader has gone through the 

 Journal he will find my opinions as to that 

 question, which opinions I have stated in a 

 Letter, addressed to Mr. BIRKBECK. 



852. The American reader will perceive, that 

 this Letter is intended principally for the peru 

 sal of Englishmen ; and, therefore, he must not 

 be surprised if he find a little bickering in a 

 group so much of a family cast. 



WM. COBBETT. 



North Hempstead, 

 1QM December, 1818. 



