320 Dr. Richardson's Zeal in 



distinction of being respected as the friend of 

 his country outweighs every other considera- 

 tion, and renders him insensible to the labor, 

 trouble, and vexation which he daily encounters. 

 Calculating on the zeal of others by his own, his 

 expectations meet continual disappointment in 

 the want of ardor or exertion on the part of his 

 pupils and converts j yet in defiance of all hit 

 discouragements, he entertains not the least 

 doubt that fiorin will, in time, be brought into 

 general use and cultivation. 



From the experience of its value, which I 

 have had as a farmer, I am persuaded it has its 

 limits : in its proper places it is highly beneficial, 

 but these are exclusively confined to the bog, 

 the swamp and the water meadow, where it 

 will make a large return ; but there, and there 

 only, should it be encouraged and cultivated. 



The deluge of rain which fell in the pre- 

 ceding four and twenty hours is by no means 

 propitious to hay-making : and in the moment 

 for the exhibition of his crop and his process, Dr. 

 Richardson was unfortunate. The wind, how- 

 ever, this morning had become brisk from the 

 north, with a bright sun : one hour after turn- 

 ing the lap-cocks, which had been cut a fort- 

 night, prepared them for the stack. 



