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A fmall part of the field which had been left 

 unfown, was finifhed the next day ; though in 

 the night there fell much rain, and I had then 

 an averfion to fowing any thing in wet weather. 

 Being called from home for fome time, my firft 

 purfuit, on returning, was to look how the 

 wheat came up. To my great aftonifhment, 

 that fown in the latter part of the firft day 

 looked very ill ; I therefore enquired into the 

 caufe -, and having great numbers of pigeons, 

 I fufpe&ed they mud have eaten it. I confe- 

 quently returned to the field, and on fearching 

 into the mould, found thoufands of the grain 

 rotting. The wheat being all of one quality, 

 and all prepared alike, I was more than ever 

 puzzled. Knowing, however, there mull be a 

 caufe, I reconfidered the whole ; and at lad I 

 remembered the rainy night. The tub which 

 had the chamberlie in it was uncovered, the 

 rain had fallen into it, and had lowered the 

 ftrength of the chamberlie ; and confequently 

 the wheat that was fown the laft day was by 

 far the bed in the field. This circumftance 

 had prevented me from afcribing the bad ftate 

 of the wheat, to the chamberlie. But the 

 chamberlie had certainly injured it, fo that 

 the part fown before the men went to dinner, 

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