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We rccollecjl: tliat the establishment .of a 
provincial fanning society was particularly 
recommended by Mr. Stone in a publication 
in i7S7, entitled ‘ Suggestions for rendering 
the inclosure of Coininon Fields and Waste 
Lands a source of Population and Riches." 
From perusing the papers respedling the 
* Improvement of British Wool/ we are glad 
to find the subject in a train for being pro- 
perly discussed and understood ; at the same 
time we beg leave to correct an observation 
contained in p. 468, ' that our climate is 
variable and razv, and that our dress demands a 
stouter cloth than Turkey/ We readily 
admit that our climate is variable^ and benng 
variable, it frequently and very rapidly 
changes from hot to cold, and vice versa ; but 
it does not follow on that account, that we 
shiould accustom ourselves to wear a ‘ stout^ 
dress at all times ; but rather that we should 
change our diess according; to the variable- 
ness of the weather. Nor i^it necessary, in 
order to generate warmth, that any cloth 
