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About Selbj; many farmers purfue the 

 following : 



1. Turnips 3. Clover 



2. Barley 4. Wheat, 

 At Fuforth and Nabvurn, 



1. Fallow , 3. Barley 



2. Wheat or rye 4. Peafe or beans 

 For wheat they plough four times, low 



three bufhels, and reap at a medium three 

 quarters. They ftir three times for barley, 

 fow three bufhels, and reap the fame quan- 

 tity as of wheat. For oats they plough 

 once or twice, fow five bufhels, and reckon 



four 



Diogenes -, his cup thrown from him ; its compa- 

 nion by the fame matter ; the attitude and 

 expreflive countenance of the old man with 

 his hand in his boibm, the air of his head, 

 and his drapery are excellent ; the figure of 

 Diogenes not defigncd in lb perfect a manner, 

 but the exprefTion and beauty of the work in 

 the' whole inimitable. 



Two large land/capes, companions •, admirably 

 done. 



Figure of an old gardener holding a basket cf fruit-, 

 the exprefTion of this piece is aftonifhing : 

 Rembrandt in his happieft ftile fcarcely ever 

 exceeded the imitation of the face and hands, 

 where the mufcular traces, and the lines of 

 age, are hit off with the moft peculiar fpirit. 



Chrift praying in tl ■: from Han. Car rack. 



This work is executed moft inimitably ; no- 

 thing can exceed the brilliancy of the colours, 



the 



