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When I first saw the meadows which 

 had been formed by these men of confined 

 ideas, I was struck with admiration, which 

 r could not help extending to the men as 

 well as to the meadows ; and I immedi- 

 ately entertained a wish to recommend 

 them to the employ of gentlemen in dis-. 

 tant parts of the kingdom, and this I 

 have done in repeated publications ; and 

 as I have not yet had cause to repent of 

 what I have done in their behalf, I shall 

 always esteem it a duty to defend them, 

 as far as I can, from every attack of those 

 who only excel them in the ait of forming 

 t>ooks. 



Mr. Smith immediately adds, " it 

 *' cannot be supposed that such men 

 " have any general notions of strata, nor 

 ♦' can they judge where to search for 

 '' water/* 



Who, 



