BRILL FOR SOWING PEAS. 19 



Account of the irregularity of its furface and its uncertain ele- 

 vation above the level of the fea, is an unfit country for afcer- 

 taining a nice point of this kind, however well fituated for —perhaps in 

 conneding the eaftern and weftern fides of the peninfula by a ce^ainTom""' 

 geographical furvey ; and the Major, from his account in the caufes ftated, 

 Tth volume of the Afiatic Refearches, feems to be fomewhat 

 doubtful of the exa6t length of his chain. Neverthelefs it is 

 probably to India that we muft look for the means of finally de- 

 ciding this long contefted queftion. There, and there only, 

 we find many tra6ls of country highly favourable to this pur- 

 pofe; and it is to be hoped that the Eaft India Company, while 

 anxious to afcertain the extent of its poOTeffions, will not en- 

 tirely negle6t the interefts of fcience. 



lam. Sir, &c. 



PERIGRINUS PROTEUS. 

 Port/mouth, Jprill , 1S01-. 



IV. 



Defcription and Drawing of a Hand Drill for foiving Peas, 

 Beans, Sfc. Co7nmunicated to the Society of Arts, by the Inventor, 

 Mr. Robert Green, of Wefiioratting, Camhridgejhire* . 



To CHARLES TAYLOR, Efq. 

 SIR, 



1 HAVE invented an engine to fow peas, with which I have Very economical 



fown all my peas, to the amount of 40 acres, at the price of Is. *^'''" forfowing 



per acre, and think that my peas are much better than thofe 



fown any other way. It is alfo on a very fimple plan, and the 



expence of it when complete is not 2l. It is ufed by manual 



labour, without any horfe; and it will draw the drill, fow the 



peas, and cover them at the fame time, and will fow them 



much rounder than any other I have yet feen. I likewife find 



I can do it much cheaper than with any horfe, and am of opi- 



* To whom the filver medal and ten guineas were voted by the 

 Society. A complete machine is placed in the repofitory of the 

 Society. 



C 2 nion 



