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After some of his books had been printed, he travelled 

 about himself and had with him some examples to sell to 

 gentlemen. He then travelled incognito, and let no one 

 know who he was, but gave himself another name, and 

 said he was sent by the publisher to sell books. This 

 he did, partly to collect many observations, and partly to 

 hear the opinions of others upon his writings. 



I asked what he thought of Mr. Bradley's writings. 

 He said that Bradley had written very well about Horti- 

 culture, but in Agriculture and Rural Economy he was no 

 use, because he was entirely inexperienced in Agriculture, 

 Landtbruk. Mr. Ellis said also that he had never thought 

 of writing anything on Rural Economy; but when he got 

 to read Bradley's writings, and saw how inconsistent 

 they were, he had taken up his pen to write something 

 better. 



Mortimer's books on Rural Economy he said he had 

 not seen, or at least read. 



Switzer's writings he considered in many things to be 

 very good. 



He also said he was now a man of somewhat over 

 60 years of age, for he said he was born in the 8o's in the 

 last century. Nearly all his life he had been and was 

 still quite fresh, only that he had now and then been 

 troubled with gout. He said he had been related to 

 Mr. Sherard. [James Sherard the botanist.] 



When I said that he by his writings had caused Little 

 Gaddesden to get an undying name, and that no one 

 before his time knew that a Little Gaddesden existed, 

 he answered " No prophet is accepted in his own 

 country " Luke iv. 24. 



The tobacco which he had by him, and which he 

 smoked, was strongly mixed with aniseed by which 

 it was agreeably scented. He thought such a tobacco 



very wholesome. 



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