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" periments made on the poor narrow fcale of 

 " a rood of ground are unworthy of the 

 " name; indeed they have little elfe, and can 

 " ferve no other purpofe but to talk about, in 

 " the ample fpacious field of a moft heavy 

 ' voluminous work." [Meaning Mr. Young's, 

 as elfewhere mentioned]. 



" I cannot on this occafion help taking no- 

 " tice, of the moft unwarrantable partiality, 

 '* exercifed by fome writers, in conftantly re- 

 " ferring and appealing to fuch paltry experi- 

 " ments, as to the touchftone or ftandard of 

 ' truth. I would beg leave to afk all fucb, if 

 " the pretended experiments of owe, who 

 " manifeftly wrote with interefted views, 

 " ought to be (et in competition with, or Can 

 * be deemed evidence of equal force with, 

 " thofe of the refpedla^le difmterefted gentle- 

 *' men above mentioned ? Were the experi- 

 * ments made by Lord Town lend, on the cul- 

 " ture of turnips, tiue and genuine? or were 

 " they fraudulent and deceitful? Were the 

 ** extenfive experiments made by Sir Digby 

 " Legard honell and fair, or were they in- 

 ' tended as impofuions on the public? I re- 

 " peat the fame queltions with rcfpet to the 

 * reft of the gentlemen, particularly Mr. 

 k< Miller (\vhofe veracity 1 think equal to any 

 " man*s); and Mr. Bakt-r, vvhofe experiments 

 ** were very numerous, extenlive, and con- 

 " ducked with great (kill and care. If thefe 

 " gentlemen's veracity (land unimpeached, 



" how 



