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them, and the difficulty of procuring substitutes at the moment, 

 together with the unseasonable weather, rendered the trial out of 

 the question. I would, therefore, recommend, as we have the 

 necessary apparatus on hand, and the exhibiters still anxious for 

 the test, that measures be taken to complete this important decision. 



W. B. LEONARD, Committee, 



