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fingle man placed faith enough in me to riik 

 putting my advice in pradice. My old attend- 

 ant indeed wifhed he had been a tenant upon 

 the fpot ; for on the farm where he refided he 

 was continually thwarted in his attempts at im- 

 provement by the gentleman his landlord j or 

 rather by the gentleman's agent, who was a 

 taylor by trade, and could not be fuppofed to 

 know much of land, or the methods of mana- 

 ging it to the bed advantage. 



After I had gone over this eilate, my old 

 attendant requeftcd me to view his farm. I 

 complied -, and faw many valuable improve- 

 ments he had made by under-draining with 

 {tone, to convey the water from the hills down 

 to the currents below -, but the drains did not 

 entirely meet with my approbation. 



I had faid to fome of the tenants, that it 

 might be eafily proved, *' That land not then 

 worth more than 6s, per acre, might be m.adc 

 by means of the very water they deem.ed a nui- 

 fance capable of feeding bullocks in a very little 

 time ; and that water, if properly applied, 

 would greatly enhance the value of the eflate.'* 

 The old farmer was a little daggered by this 



affertion 



