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This is the only way to render it per- 

 fect thofe who wi(h to fee a complete 



view of Brit iflo agriculture, will take a little 

 trouble of this fort. 



The manner in which my undertaking 

 has been promoted, by fo many fpirited 

 cultivators, claims fomething more than a 

 mere return of thanks ; I fliall never omit 

 any opportunity of acknowledging my obli- 

 gations, and be proud of obeying any of 

 their commands within the reach of my 



fituation. 1 have farmed in Suffolk and 



Effex j which counties, as well as Hertford- 

 shire •, in which I at prefent live, may pro- 

 bably contain fomething in hufbandry that 

 my diltant friends may accidentally ftand in 

 need of. — If any perfon has an inclination 

 to tranfplant good farmers into a foil occu- 

 pied by bad ones — to hire fervants ufed to 

 the beft culture in ibme of thefe countries* 

 ■ — to make ufe of implements more perfect 



than common in fome parts to procure 



a change of feed corn or, in a word, 



for any thing in which I can afftft them ; 

 I confider myfclf (independently of incli- 

 nation) as bound by gratitude to do it; 

 and I fhall accordingly execute their com-? 

 mands with the utmoft fatisfac~tion. 



* Particularly ploughing with two horfes without 

 a driver ; and Jirali. 



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