XXX Advertisement'. 



the title I wifli them colledively to de- 

 ferve ; — namely, AN AUTHENTIC 

 REGISTER OF THE RURAL ECO- 

 NOMY OF ENGLAND, AT THE 

 CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH 

 CENTURY. 



To my valuable and lamented friend, 

 the late Sir Francis Drake, whofe 

 virtues were bed known to thofe who were 

 beil acquainted with his private charadter, 

 I am chiefly indebted for the opportunity 

 of forming the Regifi:er> which is now 

 under publication. 



In the Summer of 179 1, t made my 

 firil journey into the West of Devon- 

 shire, to examine into the date of his 

 Rural concerns, in that part of the County ; 

 and, in the Autumn of the fame year, re- 

 turned. 



