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AS AMANURE. 571

therefore exactly in that ftate in which the theory fuppofes that lime would produce the greateft effe&t,—but, upon which, lime, applied in any quantities, produced not the {malleft fenfible effect.

As I concern mytelf little about theories, this difcovery gave me much lefs uneafinefs than it will give to fome of my readers;— on which account, I thall not be much fur- prifed, if they with-hold their affent to this propofition for a very long time.—I do not defire any one to agree to it, till their own obfervations extort affent,—which, I have no hefitation in faying, will fooner or later happen to every unprejudiced and attentive obferver.

§ 42.

conclude this very long Effay with a cautionary advice, that might, per- haps, have been more properly introduced before, if it had occurred at the time;— but it is of too much importance to be omitted entirely.—It is this:

When farmers employ a great deal of lime, it fometimes happens that their horfes’ feet are burnt by it, which is ex- tremely troublefome, and fometimes proves

, even