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truth affert had been ferioufly intended to com- municate fome information that he deemed ufe-

ful to the reader, he could by no means confent that any of his agricultural writings fhould be al- tered before publication, unlefs fuch alterations fhould be firft feen and approved by himfelf.

He knows well, that much harm has been done

by theoretical notions having been publifhed un-

der the form of practical dire€tions in agriculture; and had he fubmitted to the plan propofed, he

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liy become a fort of acceffary iar mifleading the unwary, inftead of guarding them from error, which he hath ever ftudied to do, with the moft cautious circumfpeétion; and from which plan of conduét no confideration on earth fhall ever induce him to depart. He may himfelf, doubtlefs, like every other man, fall into error, and will be thankful to any one who fhall point out fuch errors, that they may be correét- ed; but he ever fhall ftudy, as he hitherto has done, not only to avoid them himfelf, but to

; guard others alfo again{t error, as much as is in his power.

The effays thus written were allowed to lie by him for fome time, without any thoughts of pub- lication. But when the prices of corn had rifen to the alarming height they have now attained,

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