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could not direct the Improvement of an 

 hundred or a thoufand." 



What would you do if any unthought-of 

 accident gave you an hundred pounds ? 

 " Lay it all out in improving land.'* 



I had a long converfation with him upon 

 thefe fubjedts ; and found him very fenfible, 

 fpirited, and moft enthufiaftically devoted 

 to the improving of moors. His ideas are 

 clear and Ihiaing; and though his language 

 is totally unrefined, and provincial, infomuch 

 that fome attention is neceffary to compre- 

 hend the plaineft of his meaning, yet 

 whoever will take the pains to examine 

 him, will find hiin a genius in hufbandry : 

 A diaincrid of the fir it water, but fo buried 

 in the obfcurity of the mine, as to be fcarcely 

 didinguirnable from the vulgar rubbilh that 

 furroundo it. 



The view of this remarkable man's little 

 flirm, and the converfation I had •<'-lth him 

 upon the improvement of *-.jors, a point 

 of fuch vaft: impoxLc ice in this country, 

 prejudiced me fo much in his favour as to 

 make me w^ifh it were poflible to enable 

 him not only to add greatly to his farm, 

 but to conduit the culture of it upon a 

 fpirited plan. 



I mentioned it to Mr. 'Danby (who had 

 at firlt introduced me to him as an extra- 

 ordinc'ry fellow) and he agreed with me 

 that his being a collier fpoiled a good farmer, 



adding, 



