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It would be endlefs and tedious to reca- 

 pitulate every perfon who was kind enough 

 to afford me intelligence ; but I mull be 

 allowed in general to after t, that I found 

 a great many farmers who contributed 

 much to my defign ; — who gave me very 

 fenfible accounts of common hufbandry, 

 and many of them more void of prejudice 

 and contraction, than fome of my readers 

 would fuppofe. I beg that all fuch would 

 accept my fincere acknowledgments, which 

 I make with the greater pleafure, as I am 

 certain, from their converf ation, that they 

 are good huibandmen in their refpedtive 

 neighbourhoods. No fet of people what- 

 ever can be more hofpi table, or more de- 

 firous of obliging, than the farmers in the 



north of England it is the land of 



hofpitality. 



In regiftering the minutes of a Tour of 

 above two thousand five hundred miles, 



many errors muff have crept in : Many 



articles of intelligence received not fo ac- 

 curate as could have been given by gentle- 

 men : Even in the particulars of private 



experiments, I may have made fome mis- 

 takes — and not a few omiffions; whoever 

 obferves fuch errors or omimons, will lay 

 me under a great obligation by informing 

 me by letter of the particulars ; and I (hall 

 certainly make the proper ufe of them, in 

 cafe this work mould fee another edition. 

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