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correct knowledge of the fubje@t. Neither his 
great acquiremenis, nor the fuecefs of his works, 
‘flackened’ his ° purfuit of new knowledge. — 
fiudied the late improvements in Chemifiry, he 
obierved the great political events which have 
happened, and contemplated thofe with which 
the ime feems pregnant with the keen intereft 
of one juft entering on life. Age, indeed, anda 
native love of tr an cave Aim a degree bf im- 
partiality, which is now as rare in poles as it 
has always--been in theology. fo that he fpoke 
of c.ery thing like a: fuperior being who ‘had 
purified his perceptions without i tinpairng his 
Bumanity. ie venerated Religion 3 not the 
noify contentious fyftems which tead men to 
hate ‘and perfecute each other, but thar fublim 
Brimciple whicn regulates che condutt by con- 
trouling the felfifh, and animating the benevo- 
tent affections. 
with bon ing ftated what he thought the truth; 
anf when outraged by zealots who moft falfe! y 
call set DEN Chrifians, he bore the outra.e 
meekly, ufing no: terms either-of complaint or 
reproach. He was, to the lait moment, free 
from that morofe, querulous temper, which has 
been deemed infepavable from age. Jnftead of 
repining at the profperity er enjoyments of the 
Le une, he delighted in promoting them; and, 
after having lot all his own family except one 
oe he continued to treat children. with 
fuch coadefcention and benignity, that fome 
very young ones noticed the peculiar kindnefs of 
his eye. &very {cheme’ which promifed to im- 
prove human nature, ot fo: alleviate human mi- 
fervs found in him the moft ardent fupport. He 

AGRICULTURE —Monruty ReEpoRT FOR NOVEMBER. if 
We are Kappy in being able to ¢ 
Memoirs of Dr. Reid — Agricultural Report. 
He 
ae vilified by intemperate 
Philotephers, he made no reply, being fatisfied | 

was uncon:monly attive in efisbit ims the In- 
firmary at Aberdeen, and he was an early, vigo= - 
rons, unifo'm promoter of thst in Glaigow.. seed 
Befides.a very ‘iberal fubfeription, he feldose 
vifited the Infirn ary without leaving a aew mailc 
of his good will. His end accorded wnh the 
wiidom and g odnefs of his former life. He 
ee fometimes to fay, $ I am afhamed of living 
“fo long after having ceafed to be ufeful,’”” 
ictck at that very time, he was acquiring or 
communicating ufeful knowledge. Duting his 
[Novs 
laf illnefs, which was. fevere, he complained of ~ 
nothing but the trouble that he gave his affec- 
tionate fam ly; and he looked to the grave as 
a place, not of reft merely, but of ak His. 
late compo‘itions contained a'lufions to his own 
decay aliufions the more affecting to his friends, 
Beene they feemed the genuine offspring of - 
$ feelings, and were exprefied with ali the dig- 
aay of virtue. Laft winter, in the Litera'y 
Society of Glofgow, he read an ingenious dif- 
courfe on the Mufcles; and. after ftating, from 
his own experience, the : ffets produced on them 
by age, hé concluded thus: “* May TI be’ ‘per- 
“< mitted to mention, that it was the expetience 
& of fone of thefe. effects of old age on the~: 
mufcular motions that led my thoughes to this. 
* fpoculation, which, as it is owing to the infir- 
«¢ mities of age, will, ! hope, be heard with the 
<< greater indulgence. It is both pleafant ‘and. 
<< ufeful to contemplate sith gratitude, the wif- 
‘* dora and goodneis of the author of our being, 
€ in fitting this machine of our body fo ad- 
“miabiy to the various employments and en- 
o joyments of life”? 

ngratulate the public on the clof of one of the mof favour- 
able wHEAT-SEED TIMEs this country has ex perience ds W 
ith fo flattering of another 
a profpect 
year of plenty, as ae as from the demand for fed-curn having cealed, the price of that valua- 
ble grain is eve ery wh 
ere finking; and w Jl, we truft, ‘ocn reach the lowet degree at 
Ww hich the 
farmer, heavy hivdenen as he 1s at prefcnt, can afford to grow it. 
Good BARErY holds its price. 
TLE now drawing towards the ftraw-yards, the doors 
open, and the flails {et to work. But we are 
the dittiller ries being 
at length opened, and the store car- 
of the barley .barns’ have been. thrown 
1S 
concerned te find, from different quarters of the 
kungdom, and particularly from Norfolk, that. the yield of 
facir crops 1s very deficient ; and» that; 
partly: from a blight which the crop received asit itood on the ground, and im part trom the wetnefs 
‘of the hatter harveit, much of it is found to be unfit for the fale s ufes 
leys will probably bear up their, price at market. 
“LEane ATTLE, and efpecially young flirks, remain in every quarter extrayagantly dear. 
iImmoderate fupp's y which ournayy has of late 
prefent inordinate price of this {pecies of ftock. 
prehend from ‘he high price at which beef is lik Kely to be Kept at, 
and potatoes CBeaR and § good beyoud éxample 
The averege price of WHEAT, 
“Mari-lanc, un Mo: iday laft, was 49s. o2d. 
In Smuitheld, BEEF averages from 
by the lait Geen was, for the 
Ase OU LO 
fo: that raaltable bar== 
The 
e demanded, is; doubtlefs, a principal caufe of the 
The poor labourer, howe every has the lefs to ap- 
whiie that of bread is lowering, 
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whole kin gdom, 59s. 
7d.—At 
s. 6d per ftone;. murren, from AS. tO SS. 5 
Suttuation m the cous& of. the 
VEAL 38. 6d. to 5s. 6d ; and PORK 4s. dd. to 5s. 6d, 
Inthe Hop-markKer there has been nefher fpeculation nor 
month; ba's of Eaftand Weit Kent produce fiom 3), to 5! an: 
The Woot bufinefs continues flat, and t: 
pockets from 4l. ta 6l. 
eve has been little variation in the prices. 
*,* The Enquirer, No, X, will chtear in our next Number. —Thofe friends wks lend their 
aid fs ony Avricultural Report, are int re te bz 
functyal in their pavsurs —Bioer ajerital Notices, and 
Mi moirs, will be aiqways inferted qwith readine|s. Sige webjeriters ave requepid to o ber fiarticular in Ee 
ing their oer for the Supjilement, as that it may be deliver 
Meteorological Fournal ts nat yet come to haade - 
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