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mens of the above-named gentleman's flax, which I confidently 

 anticipate will revive the drooping spirits of the Norfolk Flax 

 Society ; also some of my own, which I think will prove to the 

 association that Mr. Gower's attempt to convict me of an inten- 

 tional mis statement is unfounded, and unwarrantable. 

 I am. Sir, yours obediently, 



John Warnes, jun. 

 Trimingham, February 20^^,1844. 



I 



No. XII. 



Sir, 



The realization of those benefits which I ventured to 

 predict at the commencement of this series, is every day being 

 acknowledged. And I confidently anticipate that, at no very 

 distant date, my advocacy of the above topics will attain a 

 glorious consummation. 



Peculiar circumstances and prejudices will always arise in 

 every community to mar the progress of good ; and though 

 a man should argue with the " tongue of angels," he would 

 fail to allay them. All my attempts to advance the interests 

 of agriculture through the cultivation of flax, &c., have 

 been attended by the above inconveniences, and obstructed 

 by barriers, which the force of truth alone enabled me to 

 surmount. 



It is to the reflective, generous, and patriotic mind that my 

 writings are especially addressed ; and I rejoice to find that 

 in almost every part of the kingdom they excite deep interest, 

 and obtain frtsh converts to the cause. Associations to pro- 

 mote the growth of flax have been established ; and others are 

 in progress of being formed. Writers of no mean authority 

 are enlisting in the service, whose public and private letters 

 are daily being forwarded to me. 



As a lively illustration of the above remarks, Mr. Brown, of 

 Trimingham, has already forwarded 1 67 bushels of sowing seed 



