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which he has taken out patents, (to use his 
own words) ‘ more with a view to ascertain 
and prove that the discoveries were his, 
than with any view of reaping an emolument 
therefrom/ We apprehend that the Board 
woidd not Slider in the pilblic estimation, if 
it was to pay more deference and respeef, 
than at present,, to the works of tliis well- 
informed, indefatigable, and ingenious no- 
bleman.^ ' 
‘ Effe6ls of the Eqiiisetum Palustris upon 
Drains, by the Right Honourable Sir Joseph 
Banks, Bart/ 
If the worthy Baronet, who, upon most 
occasions in life, has shewn a spirit of enter- 
prize and perseverance almost unexampled 
amongst men of his rank and fortune, had. 
* The following is an extradl from his Lordship’s work : 
Sea salt is found to destroy snails, slugs, grubs, worms, 
S^c. by making them void the conients of their bodies, eva- 
cuations loo powerful for them to withstand. By these means 
not Only their bodies, but the.r e.vacuations soon beccn'c 
food fur vegetables. It is p,-incip:.iiy in this’point of view 
that tmy bonelit can be att.ibuced to tne aCUon of the muriat 
of soda, or sea salt, iipcn ground.’ 
