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" been informed his eftate was much too 

 *' fmall to maintain a family gcnteely, and 

 " grow rich; betides, continual ill health many 

 " years before his death muft help to impair 

 " his fortune. This however is difingenuoufly 

 " imputed to his obftinacy, in profecuting a 

 " method of culture, which greatly hurt, if 

 " not ruined him. 



*' From all accounts, he was a man of un- 

 c doubted veracity : he tells us, he praclited 

 " the drill huibandry upon a large fcale ; hav- 

 ** ing fometimes one hundred acres of wheat 

 " in a year; that he followed the practice 

 " upon lome lands twelve or thirteen years; 

 " that his crops were larger at laft than at 

 * firft ; and his land not only in finer, but in 

 richer condition than when he began the 

 *< practice. Struck with hi fuccefs, and the 

 ' advantages of his method, and convinced 

 " and iatisfied by the reafonablenefs of his prin- 

 * 6 ciples, many perfons of great note and re- 

 tte fpetable characters have been induced to 

 *' make trials of his method ; which, in num- 

 *' berlefs inftances, Succeeded beyond the moft 

 ** fanguine expectation. Thefe are the late 

 " Lord Vifcount Townfend, Sir Digby Le 

 < c Gard, M. Duhamel, M. De Chateavieux, 

 46 Mr. Miller, and Mr. Baker a gentleman 

 ** of Ireland. This is a very mort lift to 

 Ct what might be given, but is furely abun- 

 " dantly lufficient to outweigh interefted ex- 

 ** p cnmeiits, though made by thoufands. Ex- 

 .* ,.,- ;.- :'. ,,, " periments 



