I vi ] 

 I fpent the race-week in that city, which 

 accident brought me acquainted with fe- 

 veral gentlemen, famous in the north for 

 their love of agriculture, and the uncom- 

 mon fpirit with which they pradife it. I 

 was received by them with much politenefs, 

 and the intelligence they gave me is un- 

 doubtedly the moll valuable part of thefe 

 facets. 



Now it mull furely be apparent, that the 



value of fuch a work, as I at prefent offer to 



the public, mufl inevitably depend on the 



nature of the intelligence I receive; and this- 



in fo great a degree, that it would be vanity 



in me to pretend to any merit from the 



compilation ; for as to the reflections which 



I fubjoin, the)' are fo obvious, that I think 



no one could have failed making the fame; 



and moil certainly many others will occur, 



which have efcaped me. This Tour is 



therefore ufeful in proportion to the value 



of my authorities : Common farmers have 



given me very fenlible accounts of common 



practices ; but few of them enter into the 



fpirit of fuch an undertaking ; — fome were 



jealous of my defigns; — and none of them 



try experiments, and regifler them. — In all 



thefe points, I have foimd many gentlemen 



extremely fatisfa&ory. By their means, 



(in fending for their tenants, o^.) I have 

 been enabled to gain complete accounts of 

 common hufbandry, and have been fa- 

 voured 



