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tried. The experiment is not costly ; on the contrary, a positive saving will be 
immediately effected in the consumption of seed; while the expense of making the 
machine is a trifle, and the ordinary artisans attached to an indigo work, can easily 
put together a machine of this kind in a few days. 
I should hope, that this essay may fall into the hands of many, who have the 
means and the leisure, to make the experiment to satisfy themselves. 
The non-appearance of the usual fall of rain at this season of sowing in the pre- 
sent year, offers a fair opportunity to those who may he willing to put to the test 
the new method for other purposes than those of mere experiment. Should any of 
your readers be desirous of inspecting a model of the machine in question, you can 
refer them to Your obedient servant, 
Once a Planter. 
III . — On the Expediency of introducing Machinery into India. 
To the Editor of Gleanings in Science. 
Sir, 
To those who take notice of the progress of the arts and manufactures of Europe j 
it must be evident, that the period is fast approaching, when the skill that has hi- 
therto been confined to Great Britain, will be diffused over the whole of the nations 
of the continent : and since it is a well ascertained fact, that there is an excess of ca- 
pital in England which has for some time past been seeking foreign employment; it 
most assuredly behoves the Government to give the enterprise of the nation a di- 
rection, such, as will have a tendency to prevent that crisis in the affairs of many of 
our manufactures, which threaten ere long to become rivalled in the other nations of 
Europe. 
In the single, but vast manufacture of cotton, which has so long been one of 
unrivalled beauty, among our other excellent productions of art, it is known, that its 
superiority over that of other countries is entirely dependant upon the mechanical 
perfection of ah its manipulations, and that this perfection is based upon a greater tact 
which we possess, in rendering the machinery as highly perfect as it is surprisingly 
complex. Skill, capital, and enterprise, have been the parents of this excellence of 
workmanship. And it is well known, that there are many countries which have al- 
ready, and for some years past, entered the list of competition; and that will, in a few 
years more, arrive at the same pitch of perfection. 
The finest sort of twist, it is also well known, is exported in vast quantities, to 
supply the looms of France, Germany, and Russia. These countries will however 
m time make their preparation for themselves ; and then perhaps three-fourths of the 
used capital in Great Britain, expended in this branch of the manufacture, will be- 
came useless. 
•t is true, that the change may be a gradual one ; but, it is not the less ncces- 
,al 7> that, a gradual remedy should be applied to meet the change, which the silent 
operation of such a cause, will necessarily produce on the manufacturing classes. 
The miseries of the Luddites and Manchester Meetings, may be again renewed: 
»uile a contemporaneous anarchy in the sister kingdom ; cannot fad to open appa- 
rently bright prospects to a starving population; haring nothing to lose, and much 
•pgam; from a state of things, that will have been brought about, by the lmprovi- 
'leuce of those who might have directed its energies, to the proper objects of nation- 
“ Prosperity. ' ., , 
lu Great Britain, three-fourths of the cotton twist manufactured, was said several 
years ago, to be designed for foreign consumption; and the finest sort exceeded 320 
‘auks, of seven skeins to the hauk, per pound ! , 
Russia, at that period, liad several cotton manufactories, in which the fineness of 
'0 hauks had been attained ; while France and Germany had reached 150 . 
Erom this, it would seem, that the foregoing reflections have some foundation m 
"won. They well deserve the serious attention of the Government, and the Legis- 
hture of the country; and should not be neglected even amidst other more pressing 
It would be wise, then, to encourage the exportation of machinery' to Hindustan, 
»dby thus acting, not only gently to meet the revulsion or re-act, on in this branch 
of Industry in our own country ; but, in some sort to repair the mischief, winch our 
commercial cupidity had long since inflicted, upon a simple people : thousands ot 
™°m have been rendered destitute and wretched, by a policy, scarcely compensated 
r > by our prodigal protection. 
