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ties, it was faid, were laid to the amount of 

 thirty thoufand pounds *. 



This was enough to put a {lop to the il- 

 legal cultivation of tobacco. But, perhaps 

 rather unfortunately, it has likewife put a 

 ilop to the cultivation of that limited quantity 

 which the law allows to be planted for the 

 purpofes of " phyfic and chirUrgy." 



The quantity of land allowed to be culti- 

 vated for thefe purpofes is, I believe, HALF 

 A ROD, which is fomewhat more than FIFTEEN 

 SQUARE YARDS of ground-, a patch of ground 

 fufficicat, under proper management, to raife 1 

 tobacco enough for all the medical purpofes 

 of a farm-houfe ; in which it is, on many oc- 

 cafions, ufeful. In cutaneous diforders of 

 cattle and fheep, it is uhiverfally applied. 



1 will therefore juft mention fuch circum- 

 fhnces refpedting its cultivation in this neigh- 

 bourhood as I collected in the autumn of 

 1782. I had nbt an opportunity of feeing the 

 plants on the ground. 



The SPECIES was probably NICOTIANA 

 rujlico-) the ENGLISH TOBACCO ; fo called 



from 



* The penalty, I believe, i$ iol. a rod, or i6ooL 

 an acre. 



