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XXXVII. A L,etter , from Mr, John Rein- 
hold Forfter, F.A, S. to the Daines 
Barrington, Vke-PreJ. R. S, on the 
Managefnent of Carp in Polifh Pruffia. 
Somerfet-houfe Stable-yard, May 29, 1771. 
Dear Sir, 
Bead June 13, "'^/T O U was fo kind as to judge favour- 
j|^ ably of the few hints I threw out 
in a converfation, about the manageme/2t of Carp in 
Prudia and in the 'eledlorates of Brandenburg and 
Saxony, and defired me to colled my obfervations 
upon that fubjed, into a fmall mernoire. Though 
I am very fenfible, that there are many more ca- 
pable of giving a fatisfadory account of the manage- 
ment of carp ; 1 will, however, to obey your 
friendly commands, communicate to you fuch obfer- 
vations as I can colled from my own experience ; from 
the methods obferved in Pruffia, Brandenburg, and 
Saxony, where I had opportunities to enquire into the 
fubjed, during my ftay in thefe countries; and laflly, 
from the inltrudions of an anonymous German patriot, 
in a book, intitled, A Sflem of all the Sciences relative 
to Occonomy and the Finances, in cal'e you find thefe 
obfer- 
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