292 TRAVELS THROUGH 



The 31 ft. I got to Alby, which was a 

 long day's journey of more than fifty miles; 

 the road runs along the river, are in a very 

 beautiful, and, in fome places, a romantic 

 manner. Near this town lives a M. de 

 Prefaint, to whom I had a letter from the 

 Duke de Goutant, as a man extremely cu- 

 lious in experiments in hufoandry. The 

 i ft of April I waited on him ; he lives ahout 

 four miles from the town: he received me 

 very politely, and affured me he mould be 

 perfectly happy if the fight of his experi- 

 ments, and any account of them he could 

 give, would add at all to rny pleafure. He 

 walked with me foon after into a field of 

 about ten acres behind his houfe, which was 

 (except a meadow and a pafhire) all his 

 farm ; but this field was truly midtiim in 

 farvo-i he had a great variety of fmall expe- 

 riments upon many grafles ; alfo upon roots, 

 but none upon corn ; feveral were then fo vy- 

 ing with carrots, potatoes, parfnips, fccr- 

 zoneras, turneps, &c. and there were 

 abundance of grafles in their growth. View- 

 ing any thing of this fort, though very 

 pleafing, acquires no information ; thefe 

 were exceeding neatly and accurately kept, 

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