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fame principle as the turnip one, only dif- 

 fering in fize. He has for fome years paft 

 been conducting a fet of experiments, upon 

 a new fyftem of hufbandry, fimilaf to that 

 of the drill, being perfuaded the drill huf- 

 bandry will never become general in Eng- 

 land : His lands are laid out in ridges nine 

 feet wide, and every other ridge is fown, 

 keeping the intermediate or fallow lands 

 as clear of weeds as poffible, by the affift- 

 ance of the horfe-hoe ; upon thefe he fows 

 the next year, and the ftubble then becomes 

 the fallow. In this manner the field may 



be 



rnent was any where excufable, it would cer- 

 tainly be in the temple of pleafure ; but this 

 room is fo totally devoid of decoration, that the 

 plain nefs of it muft {hike every one. The 

 walls have no other ornament than niches, 

 which feem calculated for Egyptian mummies : 

 There are no other lights in the room than the 

 glafs luicres, (only one of which is fine) which 

 . at prefent infufficient for lighting it, fo that 

 there is a darknefs between the pillars quite dif- 

 pleafing •, not a morfel of gilding is to be feen, 

 no carving but the capitals of the pillars, and 

 not a glafs of any kind in the room ; a defect 

 which, I am fure, the ladies will agree in con- 

 demning. But when a room that requires 



ration is furrounded with pillars, they 

 lhoukl certainly be at fuch a diftance from each 

 bth< i" as to admit a full view of a fpace on the 

 behind, fufficient For a large glafs or pic- 

 ture.. 



