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But the major part of thofe provincialifms 

 do not relate cfpeeially to rural affairs; but 

 belong to the ordinary dialect of the country ; 

 and cannot, with propriety, be introduced 

 here. I have therefore feledted fuch, only, 

 as pertain to the fubject of thefe volumes. 

 I have, however, made the feleclion as ample 

 as this line of conduct would admit of for 

 fcveral reafons. 



Such a felection will, in the inftant, ferve 

 to throw additional light upon the prefent vo- 

 lumes ; and may, hereafter, be found ufeful 

 to thofe who may have occafion to ftudy on the 

 fpot, the rural economy of the Diftricl. 



Other more material benefits may arife from 

 a collection of GloflTaries of the provincial 

 terms of different and diftant Diilri&s : fuch 

 GlofTaries may ferve to elucidate pafiages in the 

 EARLY WRITERS, on rural fubjects, which, 

 without their afTiftance, might remain inexpli- 

 cable. And, above all, they may be fervice- 

 able in afcertaining the particular Diftricts in 

 which they feverally wrote : a circumftance, at 

 prefent, little known ; though moft eflentially 

 neceffary in fixing the degree of credit which 

 is due to their rcfpedtive works. 



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