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From thofe experiments, I have fele&ed 

 the mod conclufive, and propofe to lay 

 them before the public, under the patron- 

 age of a name aufpicious to agriculture. 



This, I think, is fufncient to fatisfy 



fuch of my readers as may think me io 

 greatly wanting in experience. 



In the fecond place, I mould apologize 

 for introducing ib many defcriptions of 

 houfes, paintings, ornamented parks, lakes, 

 &c. I am fenlible they have little to do 

 with agriculture, but there is, neverthelefs, 

 an utility in their being known. They are 

 a proof, and a very important one, of the 

 riches and the happinefs of this kingdom : 

 No traveller can here move far, without 



fomething to attract his notice, art or 



nature will perpetually catch his eye. — An 

 agriculture that even reaches perfection. — 

 Architecture, painting, fculpture, and the 

 art of adorning grounds, every where ex-^ 

 hibit productions that fpeak a wealth, a 

 refinement — a tafte, which only great and 



luxurious nations can know. 1 have 



thought it not improper, to confider them 



all ; to reject nothing that either art or 



nature have contributed to render our coun- 

 try beautiful or convenient : — Every reader 

 does not feek for the fame entertainment ; 

 fome haftily pafs over the pages that arc 

 not dedicated to ploughing and fowing, — 

 ofrhcrs quickly turn over every leaf that 



concerns 



