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force of old prejudices long held me in fufpence. I 
think, however, I may with confidence propofe it, as I 
have the experience of five years to bear me up in affert- 
ing that, one year with another, there is a difference of 
above one fixth in its favour. 
E X P L A- 
long terns en fufpens, mais je crois devoir le propofer lorfque je puis prouver par 
une experience de cinq annees confecutives une difference de quelque chofe de 
plus qu’un fixieme en fa faveur, une annee prife dansfautre. 
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