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fling expense^ but they are of no trifling consequence. 

 They have an influence on manners. 



I say nothing on the subject of hedges, their im- 

 l)ortance, and the best mode of raising them have 

 been fully shown by one of our Vice Presidents., on 

 a former occasion. 



I'^he limits of this discourse confine me to hints* on 

 subjects which merit treatises. May not means be 

 taken to tincture the youthful mind;, with the spirit of 

 Agriculture.? In colleges, natural philosophy and 

 chemistry might sometimes be directed to that special 

 purpose. But something may be done at an earlier 

 age; particularly where opportunities are offered, in 

 teaching the learned languages, which being acquired 

 slowly and with difficulty, leave lasting impressions ; 

 for instance, besides the Georgics of Virgil, which 

 are in general use, select passages might be read from 

 Columella, one of the most ancient writers on rural 

 affairs, which have reached us, in tlie Latin tongue. 

 I am afraid mischief is done, by putting into the 

 hands of boys, those finished models of Grecian and 

 Roman eloquence, in which are painted, in too vivid 

 colours, the pleasures of wine, and love, and the 

 glory of war. 



Having touclied the subject of education, I will add, 

 that when the benevolent intention of the constitution 

 of Pennsylvania, shall be carried into effect, by 



