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Upon the whole, Mr. Smelt has found 

 cabbages to be a moft advantageous crop ; 

 of admirable ufe to all forts of cattle ; but 

 peculiarly io for milch cows : He is deter- 

 mined never to be without them for that 

 purpole, as the butter is found to be excel- 

 lent, from the conflant experience of fi many 

 winters : And every one will acknowledge 

 that a green vegetable, which will make 

 good butter in the depth of winter, is a moft 

 valuable acquifition, not to hufbandry alone, 

 but the convenience of all families uncon- 

 neded with it. 



T)itto. Leda, and Banae^ companions. Moft 

 pleafmg ; the naked finely defigned and 

 very well coloured, but both their coun- 

 tenances are devoid of the animation of 

 the moment. Leda turns from her fwan 

 with the moft perfect indifference. 



Fktnijh School. Four pieces of family bufinefs in 

 low life. Very expreflive and well 

 coloured. 



■R&falba. Cymon and Iphigenia. Very pleafing. 

 Iphigenias attitude and body finej but 

 the colours gone. 



Unknown. Virgin and Child •, an oval. Fine. 



Flemijh School. Boors at cards. Expreffive. 



Unknown. Six cattle-pieces, roughly finiftied, 

 but well executed. 



Brammante. The offering of the wifemen. The 

 finiftiing of this piece is very fine: but 

 the ideas are all thofe of a boor -, and one 



of 



