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fee has received much ailiflance eidvcr of 

 money or labour ; or that many favouriibls 

 circumftances hiiherto unrelated have en- 

 abled him to make fuch advances in fo 

 fpirited a condud:. 



But the very contrary of all this is the 

 cafe. His work in the collieiy has been 

 regular, equal in every refpedl to the other 

 men, and in fome fuperior: His hour of 

 going to the mine is 12 o'clok at night, the 

 work and time of meals are over at nooa 

 the next day. The remainder is all he has 

 had to perform what I can fcarcely call lefs 

 than wonders : Nor has he ever received the 

 leaft aflSftance of any kind, or ever expended 

 one iliiliing in hiring the labour of another 

 man. The quantity of lime he has laid on 

 his land is very great, and much more than 

 what is commonly ufed by the neighbouring 

 farmers ; the number of ploughings lie has 

 given his fields is equally fuperior ; and yet 

 ail this labour has been performed with a 



lingle galloway; the iime brought Hx 



miles. It is aftonifhing v^^hat a fpirit of 

 perfeverance muft have actuated this extra- 

 ordinary man, to execute, with fuch flight 

 en,8:ines, works that will put many farmers 

 wich teams to the blulh. 



Some alTiftance in weeding potatoes in 

 harveft, &c. and fuch flight work, he has 

 received from his family ; but you may 

 fuppofe it not conhderable, when I tell you 



that. 



