196S AGHCtTTuTUllAL MUSEL'ai 



request your opinion of the scheme, for I have fouHcl it o# 

 value upon all subjects. There is no person can be stj 

 muf^h interested in the success of such a plan as the 

 Duke of — '——% for his high land is mostly all sti%ng: 

 and grassy ; therefore I wish the paper were shewn to 

 ■ , or his Grace, and 1 hope you wiil be so. 



good as to take the trouble of doing so upon some op- 

 portunity. I am almost certain, that his Grace will think 

 it worthy of a trial, and I apprehend! have some right" 

 to be a candidate for carrying it into execution. If he 

 does not,youvvill introduce me to Lord Somerville; for 

 it would be folly in any farmer almost, to attempt suclx 

 a thin2^upon his own character, and it would go near to 

 overwhelm a young man, with the deluge of ridicule that, 

 would certainly be the consequence. For this reason, 

 you will see the propriet}^ of speaking to none about the 

 matter, who would be apt to mention ir in the countrj'. 

 I remain, Sir, with much esteem ^Yid respect, your most 

 obedient tervant, 



Jan. 4, 180a " — -• ."" 



Again, in the course of three months, Mr. Scott re 

 curs to the subject, 15 May, 1808 : " Should you carry 

 your Lammer muir experiment through, permit me most 



earnestly to recommend , as a stiperin- 



tendant. If you think that he is likely to be too expen- 

 sive an overseer, I would endeavour to procure you :hc 

 assistance, of another, who is also an advocate of the pen- 

 ning^ system. It seems to be an essential point, that yoi; 

 should have a Scotch shenherd, acquainted with the cus-. 

 toms of (he country, where an Englishman would proba- 

 bly break his heart ; and on the other hand, that he 

 should be a person void,of prejudice, and, from convicli-.v 

 on, deeply interested in (he success of the plan> 



*' Excuse the liberty 1 take in pointing out these v\v> 

 cum?tanccs to so much better ^ judge ;. sure [ nm, that 

 the waste of animal life on our hills in this last spring, ha?^ 

 Vea an iijiittcnsc loss. b»(h lo iha fyrnicr and the coj^jg- 



