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been favoured with from feveral perfons, 

 deferve the warmeft acknowledgments. 



I cannot omit exprefling how much I am 

 indebted to the Earl of HoldernessE, for 

 the attention he was pleafed to give to the 

 article concerning Hornby Cajile. I was 

 miiinformed of the hufbandry of fome 

 grafs fields ; and his Lordfhip was fo ob- 

 liging as to correct the errors, and at the 

 fame time explained the motives of his 

 conduct : His letter is infertcd in the pro- 

 per place, and will fpeak for itlelf much 

 more forcibly than any thing I can fay in 

 praife of it. It fhews him to be an excel- 

 lent farmer. 



Thomas B.Bailey, Efq; of Hope, near 

 Manchejler\ has favoured me with fome 

 particulars relative to the defigns and fuc- 

 cefs of the patriotic fociety of Lancajhire y 

 for which I am much obliged to him. I 

 fhould have been able to render the Lanca- 

 Jhire part of this Tour much more complete 

 through the affiflance of this gentleman 

 and Colonel Townley, the prefident ; but 

 unfortunately I was not known to Mem 

 before the journey. The fpirit with which 

 they encourage and praclife agriculture, 

 merits much praife. 



The Earl of Darlington, fince the 

 firfl: edition of thefe papers, has favoured 

 me with the product of a crop of drilled 

 turnips, which demands the attention of 



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