VI the P R E F A C E. 



publifli'd in their own Native Language, for 

 the liluftration of the prefent Methods, and 

 tnaking fuch farther Additions add . Improve^ 

 ments, as upon mature Cbnfidcration may 

 appear to be neceffary. .... . ; oci ■. .A 



There feems nothing, certainljrvfo mucH 

 wanting to complcat its clear and folid Foun- 

 dations, as a fuccinft Colledion of the. feve-:^ 

 ral Rules.niadeufe of in our prefent Praftice, 

 ft) methodically and intelhgibly difpos^d; 

 that all Learners may not be to (e^k at Nootb 

 day, and wamder at ^ time wh^ this Art 

 kin its higheft M.eridiin. : .> 



And not only this, but likewife Agricul^ 

 ture (with whieh Gard'ning is inextricably 

 wove) and alfo all jthe Bufinefs and Pleafures 

 of a Country Life (fcatter'd up and down as 

 they are in loofc irregular Papers and Books 

 I fay, if thefe were all collefted together intd 

 Order and Method, 'twould : poflibly be a 

 Work not unworthy fome laboriousTen : And 

 fince 'twould make too large a Volume in one, 

 it might be better to divide them into feveral 

 Parts, into Books of this Size, which would 

 not only make a handfome Sett in the Study, 

 but would likewife be compleat Pocket Cora-? 

 panions in the Field, eafily puird otlt and 

 read on any Occafion. Towards this I have 

 collated fome Materials, but their Publica* 

 tion will entirely depend on the Succefs this 

 meets with in the World. 



But to return nearer to our prefent Pur- 

 pole: Whatever helps it may be thought 



that 



