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further expence of procrastinated attend- 
ances of country agents in London upon the 
oihcers of both House of Parliament. 
With regard to Mr. Elkington's professed 
new system of Drainage, Prestly Bog, in 
Bedfordshire, (on the estate of the Duke of 
Ikdford) we are informed, was the theatre 
upon which Mr. ElkingtoiPs abilities were to 
be put to the test, and the great experiment 
to be tried. 
The noble Duke, wdth that public spirit 
which in a peculiar degree 'distinguishes his 
Grace, paid the expences of the labour em- 
pltjyed in the undertaking, amounting to 
near lOOOl. for which, in the most successful 
event, he could not be repaid. 
Several attendancess of the President and 
Members of the Board, and deputed Com- 
mittees of Members, took place ; they ad- 
journed from London to the Duke's hospitable 
mansion at Woburn, in order, from time to 
time, to inspedf the progress of Mr. Elking- 
ton’s undertaking. After it was understood 
by the Board that its success was certain, 
