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Payne has had very little better fuc- 
cefs than Camuile fourdan and his friends. 
The feét of Theophilanthropitts has ne- 
ver extended beyond Paris, at leaft not in 
any degree to deferve mention; and there 
it has ever been confined to a few unim- 
portant (and as I have heard them called) 
Quakerly individuals. I believe Payne 
has rather loft ground in the popular efti- 
mation from this act of apoftlefhip. His 
fermon obtained little notice at Paris, 
but procured him the character of a li- 
mited reafoner. It has fucceeded better 
in England, and is much valued by that 
party among us called Democrats. 
In fine, one of the moft itriking fea- 
tures in the French character, from the 
commencement of the revolution to the 
prefent time, has been a total indifference 
to, or rather rooted contempt of, religion 
of every fect or party: and this preju- 
dice has been purely fpontaneous, for, 
from the firft, the zeal of the Sanfculottes 
againit every thing generally held facred, 
has even outitripped that of the philofo- 
phers, their leaders. No force can be 
alledged, for provided a man does not dip 
himfelf in political and counter-revolu- 
tionary intrigues, he may profefs, and 
openly practice, any religion which he 
fhall chufe, with as much fafety in Paris 
as elfewhere, and may publifh and re- 
commend it, to the people unmolefted. 
Soine religious books in confequence have 
been publifhed, but they have met with 
even lefs attention, than infidel publica- 
tions are wont todo in that country. It 
has been obferved, that the elderly peo- 
ple of France have rather relaxed in their 
devotions, and that the difhculty is fo 
great of educating their children in the 
belief and profeffion of revealed religion 
in a country almoft univerfally infidel, 
that the attempt begins to be given up, 
almoft in every part, as abfolutely im- 
practicable. 
A Chriftian of the Church of England, 
yjnece stat aaa 
Yo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
BEG, leave to return you my thanks 
for the infertion of my letter in the 
Magazine for December, and to your 
correfpondent of laft month, for his an- 
{wer. I muft again trouble you and him, 
or fome other friend, for a further ac- 
count of the articles in queftion. I cannot 
but think that the rape mentioned in the 
Mid-Lothian Report, is not the fame 
Agricultural Queries and Remarks. 13% 
with that known in the Fen by the name 
ef colefeed; there it comes into ufe 
about the fame time and lafts as long as 
turnips, but, I believe, it is never re- 
ferved for {pting feed, and indeed it can- 
not be depended on as a certain {pring 
food, as this winter it is almoft deftroyed 
and rotted by the froft; fo much fo, that 
the grounds are hardly paffable, from the 
very ftrong finell as it putrifies. Your 
correfpondent recommends drawing it off 
‘tor the ftock, but I would afk him if this 
be neceflary: will it not be much more 
profitable to cultivate turzips on foils that 
are ‘“‘ftrong, clayey, and deep,’ and 
draw them off? On fuch land, with pro- 
per cultivation, they will grow toa great 
fize, e{pecially the tankard fort, and I 
fhould fuppofe, would yield more food per 
acre, than colefeed, or colewort : and an- 
other advantage attending turnips drawn 
(off is, that if taken up at a fit time, and 
carefully ftacked and defended from the 
froft, they will keep two or three months; 
whereas a quantity of rape, or colewort, 
laid together, muft heat and putrify, fo 
‘that if the crop muft be drawn off, 1 am 
decidedly of opinion, that turnips are 
beft. But I want to know, what good 
/ jubjiitute we can bave for turnips: on 
ftroug, deep, clayey land, where, in wet 
weather, foecp will fiand up to the hocks ? 
This year Ihave had cole feed, the com- 
mon Norfolk white, and the Swedifh tur- 
nip (ruta baga). ‘The coleteed was uled 
by Chriftmas, and ‘though very bad eat- 
ing off, the fheep did not go on amifs; 
the white turnips were remarkably large 
and fine; the Swedifh are now perfectly 
found. They were all fowed in the fame 
piece of ftrong, deep, clayey loam, contain- 
ing about 4 clay, 3° calcareous earth, and 
3 fand. I am inclined to believe, from 
the little experience I have had, that the 
Swedifh turnip aloze, can be depended on 
for {pring food for fheep ; and I alfo think 
that the bef mode oi cultivation, is to 
fow them early (fome time in May), let 
the ground be weil hoed when the. plants 
are large enough to bear it, and fet out 
about ten inches, and give them a flight 
hoving after the common turnips are 
finifhed (for by being fown early, they re- 
quire this); they may be ftacked when 
the common ones are done; and, I think, 
that in general, it is better not to attempt 
a crop of barley after them, but inftead, 
fow white turnips to come inearly; they 
will do without dreffing, be very free 
from weeds, and, if fed off, will erfure a 
good crop of barley. oat 
With refpect to carrots, I have no 
doubt 
