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I presume not to affirm. I think, however, that in the course of the present year, 

 a sufficiency might easily be procured. 



Hemp is usually sold to the dressers in the same manner as flax, and its ma- 

 nagement is in some degree similar. The details of practice now adopted in 

 the counties of Lincoln and Dorset, are subjoined to this communication. 



On the whole, it is evident, that any species of land which has not a cold 

 subsoil, will grow Hemp with the aid of manure, and strong land, in very good 

 tilth, without it ; it is also apparent that every person may grow a little, and, the 

 quantity in demand considered, that none need grow a great deal; and that, if 

 cultivated on this principle, it cannot diminish the quantity, nor impede the 

 growth, of bread corn in these kingdoms Nor ought the speculation to be re- 

 garded, that, in the existing and probable state of our national affairs, less Hemp 

 may be needed for the mercantile service ; since, in such case, it is clear, that 

 the demand for the royal navy will be proportionably encreased. 



Whilst our properties, our lives, and (which ought to be more dear to us) the 

 freedom and glory of our country, depend on the superiority of our navies, this 

 subject should not for a day be neglected. 



(Signed) SOMERVJLT.E; 



Hill Street, Berkeley Square } 

 March 2, 1808. 



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