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dlstri6ls you have mentioned is such, ‘ that 
it would be no obje6l to invade it," that is, 
in other words to say," it is incapable of any 
material improvement, why attempt any zvhere 
to introduce a ‘ novel system Would it not 
be far better to apply siri6fly those ‘ spirited 
systems’ which are so successful in the dis- 
tricls your Lordship has mentioned? By a 
‘ novel system" we apprehend you mean an 
untried plan-. Where are the districts your 
Lordship alludes to, which must be devoted 
to experiment ? We are inclined to believe 
that agriculture is not yet carried half way 
towards the perfeblion it will in process of 
time attain, even in the improved distridts 
before-mentioned ; and it would be cruel in 
the extreme to deny the farmers there the 
chance of benefiting by the introdubtion of 
your Lordship’s ploughs. 
John Hunter was a most excellent surgeon ; 
but we may fairly presume he was a better 
carpenter than a pra6tical farmer. Your 
Lordship lias, it seems, adopted his ideas of 
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