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some parts of Lancashire, and that pre- 

 miums were awarded by the ^^anchester 

 Agricultural Society to the proprietors of 

 watered-meadows at least fitteen years 

 ago : and into Yorkshire I have had tlte 

 honour of sending three skilful operators 

 to three gentlemen, who have not only 

 improved their own land, but have widely 

 disseminated the benefits of irrigation; 

 To the first of these gentlemen, Mr. Keld,- 

 of Beverley, I sent Mr. Portlock (a man 

 of property and of science, who frequently 

 amuses himself in excursions of this kind) 

 sixteen years ago, to float under peculiarly 

 favourable circumstances, with a mixture 

 of salt and fresh water. A second floater 

 was sent to Mr. Wilkinson, of Potterton- 

 Lodge ; and a third to Mr. Grimston, of 

 Neswick. All these gentlemen, I know, 

 would be happy to exhibit their meadows, 

 and to communicate for the benefit of 



their 



