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Rovcrc, and which traft he alfo left to the 

 fame ufe as the money. He appointed truf- 

 tees, who are annually to eledt farmers for the 

 management of the experiments, giving a 

 preference to fuch as were in 'poffeffion of the 

 bufmefs, in cafe they were found deferving ; . 

 The idea of the will was taken up with great 

 fervour by the truftees, and the whole pro- 

 vince appeared, by every demonftration that 

 could be exprefted in public converfation, to 

 intereft themfelves in the execution of the 

 will. The truftees chofe three peafants, 

 who were to have the execution of the will, 

 and erected additional buildings to the old 

 farm-houfe, for the accommodation of the 

 peafants and their families < 3 and they 

 were accordingly entered in their office, 

 when the truftees, in face of many of the 

 principal nobility and gentry of the neigh- 

 bouring provinces, explained the nature of 

 their trull; : they informed them, that the 

 great defign of it was to make large expe- 

 riments on bringing the vaft tracls of moun- 

 tainous waftes in the Pyrennees into profit- 

 able culture ; that, as no trials of that fort 

 had ever been done, except in vallies, they 

 were to try every fort of plant of which they 

 V :.. IV. '/ had 



