To be again solicited, however, to re- 

 sume tliisi subject, is wliat I did not ex- 

 pect — what 1 did not desire ; for, when- 

 1 last ventured to ol)trude myself upon 

 the notice of the cultivators of land, Ini- 

 L!;ation, as it was called, appeared to be so* 

 prominent a feature in agriculture, and 

 Avas so zealously recommended by almost 

 ever}' one, who either felt himself quali- 

 fied to write, or found himself competent 

 to talk like an agriculturist, that I was 

 persuaded the practice would soon be 

 reduced to a plain system or science, 

 within the reach of every man's under- 

 standing. I had entertained a hope to 

 have seen, ere this, a professed Floater on 

 every stream, and watered meadows on 

 every rivulet. I had flattered myself in 

 the expectation of seeing, long ago, this 

 art in eveiy county — in the admiration 

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