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be. She was a plain, but smart German. I pacified her, in her 

 own language, with all due submission to existing circum- 

 stances, essential for one who did not wish to lose a substan- 

 tial dinner, because capillaire and orgeade could not be ob- 

 tained. And if such unnecessary sirrups should have been 

 found, out of their place, I should have been the last entitled 

 to object to a dinner on that account. I soon restored her 

 good humor, by some fortunate pleasantries, at the merited 

 expence of my morose companion ; who experienced their 

 profitable effects, without understanding them. If he had un- 

 derstood them, he would only have sat me down for a witling. 

 By these I succeeded in convincing her, that /, who had been 

 a frequent and contented guest at the house, ought not to suf- 

 fer, or the house lose advantages, because she had been teased 

 and affronted by ein lecker phantast ; — in English — an over- 

 nice pretender to delicacy of taste, 



I have deemed it best (under the failure of my attempts 

 fully to comply with the wishes of the society) to re-publish 

 the AGRICULTURAL iNquiRiES, from the first impression, 

 verbatim. This has created the necessity of adding notes, 

 both to the text and former notes. The little book is out of 

 print ; and much sought for, though not now of so much 

 importance as it was thought to be at the time of its publi- 

 cation ; when the subject was not so generally known. All 

 my experience since, confirms the information then promul- 

 gated. If I cannot now materially add to it, I have no cause 

 to reproach myself with any omissions of endeavours so to do. 



Richard Peters. 

 "Belmont^ 10th September^ 1810. 



