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the opinion of the inhabitants of the country you vifit, with 

 inftruclions for their proper cultivation, of which a minute 

 ihould be made upon the fpot. 



Third. In countries where the rigour of the cHmate 

 compels the inhabitants to procure dry food for their cattle in 

 the winter, inquire what that food is, whether hay, grain, 

 or roots : obtain feeds of the fpecies of grafs from which they 

 make their hay, if not hmilar to that in common ufe here ; 

 and a fmall quantity of the grain and roots, wdth the modes 

 of cultivation. — ^Procure the feeds and flones of fuch fruits as 

 Ihall appear to you of importance to this country, or which 

 are not known here, tropical fruits only excepted, fmce there 

 is little profpeft of their fucceeding in this climate. This 

 exception is not, however, to apply to annual fruits, fmce they 

 may probably fucceed here. 



Fourth. Remark any differences that may diflinguijfh the 

 cattle, either ufed for food or draft, in the country you vifit, 

 from thofe found here ; make notes of the variance, and 

 communicate your obfervations to the Prefident or Secretary 

 of the Agricultural Society, in order that if any advantage 

 lliould refult from their introduftion, the Society may take 

 meafures to import them. 



Fifth. Be particularly attentive to the breed of llieep, and 

 w^henever they lliall appear fuperior to thofe of this ftate, either 



