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No one can underftand the principles of 

 agriculture and vegetation better than this 

 very ingenious cultivator, whofe ideas are 

 ohilofophical and perfpicuous, and whofe 

 experiments are accurate and judicious. 



From York I returned to Ri/by^ by way 

 of St tiling fleets which road, though out of 

 ,;ay 7 I took for the fake of the varia- 

 tion; and in confequence of the kind 

 attention of my friend Mr. Ellerker, who 

 poffefles at that place a large eftate. The 

 following are the minutes I made of the 

 agriculture there: The foil is of two forts, 



clay 



• from this walk you look one way upon the 

 river running through the meadow grounds, and 

 the other up to the bridge in the city, the center 

 arch of which is very large, and forms a fine 

 object •, the floops, barges, boats, and bufinefs 

 of the river, are moll lively objects for this 

 very agreeable walk. 



But by far the mod curious things to be 



feen at York are the copies of feveral capital 



paintings, worked by Mils Morret, a lady of a 



moit iurprizing genius. It is impoflible to view 



h r performances without great aitoniihment \ 



for certainly the art of imitation, in work is 



c! by her to the higheft point of perfection. 



edingly line tapeilries are often \<y:n, and 



here and there a piece of flowers, or a bunch of 



done in a moll pleafing manner-, but to 



ontainingfeveral figures, with 



. a brilliancy, and an elegance iuperior to 



the 



