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!ias so long overhung, and obscured so large a portion of this beau- 

 tiful Island; let the light of science fall upon it, and waken into new 

 life its latent energies and powers. 



It has been said, that he who made two blades of grass grow 

 where but one grew before, should be called a benefactor of man- 

 kind; if this be so, what shall be said of him, or of them, who shall 

 make myriads grow over that great " sea of wilderness" where none 

 now grow; this high, this distinguished honor, we tender to you, to 

 the American Institute, and it will be enough, ample, as a rich le- 

 gacy to divide among all her sons. 



The Dr. presented many facts, as to excellencies and advantages, 

 \vhich these lands possessed; the purity of the water everywhere to 

 be obtained in abundance, by wells from twenty to forty feet deep; 

 their present value, which mostly was estimated from $3 to $5 or 

 $10, the acre, according to the wood and location, &c. &c. ; but we 

 can give but a very condensed and imperfect view of his address, 

 which was received with great interest and gratification. 



Having in the close adverted to the great good influence the 

 American Institute could exert to redeem these lands from this re- 

 proach that now condemn them to sterility, and to their elevation 

 into the honorable rank of good farming lands, and called for their 

 effectual aid for this purpose, he was responded to by Gen. Chandler 

 of New-York. 



Gen. C. stated, that, in behalf of the board of the American In- 

 stitute, he would say, although a leading object of the institution 

 was agriculture, its attention had not been called particularly to 

 Long Island, till recently. He was convinced that it but needed la- 

 bor and means to give profitable improvement to this part of the 

 Island. A prominent object of the Institute was now, to establish 

 an agricultural school on a large practical scale, where the science 

 and practice of agriculture might be well taught and elevated, so as 

 to become respectable and fashionable; so that the various professions 

 which have become so crowded, and merchandize, which was so pre- 

 carious, that only three per cent were successful, as had been shown 

 by good authority, might be regarded with less attraction, and the 

 truly honorable and most happy pursuit of agriculture receive the 

 devotion of their lives by a good proportion of the most respectable 

 youth of our country. 



