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may recover next season ; but still it would be well, 

 in all such cases, to thin a little, as want of timely 

 thinning often stints the growth of the whole plan- 

 tation, particularly in such a season as this, for 

 when the ground is over-burdened, recovery is 

 doubtful. 



I have the honour to remain, 



My Lords and Gentlemen, 

 Your most obedient and very faithful Servant, 



R. M. 



Edinburgh, \Wi August 1826. 



WINNOWING MACHINE. 



£A pattern of the Machine, with the following letter, was sent to the 

 first meeting of the Highland Society at Glasgow, and I have no 

 doubt but its great utility will be duly appreciated in wet harvests, 

 particularly in the Western Islands, and its place here not ungra- 

 tifying to many of my readers.^ 



To the Noblemen and Gentlemen, Members of the Com- 

 mittee of the Highland Society, to meet at Glasgow, Sfth 

 Sep. 1826. 



My Lords and Gentlemen, — It is a well known 

 fact, that, in the Highlands of Scotland, particu- 

 larly Argyleshire and the Islands, it is almost im- 

 possible to get the crop (chiefly oats and beer) from 



