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I made ufe of the opportunity of being 

 at KipUny to view the experimental agricul- 

 ture of Smelts Efq; at the Leai'es ; of 



which he was fo obliging as to give me the 

 following account. It chiefly confifts in the 

 culture of cabbages: he began in 1763. 



That year he had two acres, upon a foil 

 partly fand and partly clay, mixed ; not 

 good land, being very binding. The feed 

 was fovv^n the beginning of March ; and 

 tranfplanted from the feed-bed into the field 

 in May\ which had been prepared by a 

 winter fallow of three ploughings, befides 

 harrowings. The rows were four feet 



otK^rs, yet contains fome very capital pieces. 



The following is a catalogue. 



Bajjan. Adoration of the fhepherds. A moll 

 capital pifture. T1ie exprellion exceed- 

 ingly fine-, and tlie colours excellent. 

 The attitude of the Virgin is graceful 

 and delicate : The expreffion of her 

 countenance admirable, and the drapery 

 of the veil about her head well dtfigncd. 

 The boy is excellently performed •, his 

 attitude fine, and the bold relief of his 

 head incomparable ; but, like all the 

 children of painting, has too mnch ani- 

 mation in his countenance. Tlie old 

 man's head, who leans it on his hand, is 

 in a fine ftile. The figure who kneels, 

 and holds the afs by a rope, is extremely 

 well defigned •, the relief noble, and the 

 fpirit of the tints great. But excellently 

 0^4 as 



