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“ wattes of Great Britain confifts of lands of 3

« wet and boggy nature, which it has yet been “ fuppofed was the mott diffc ult to improve and+3 “cultivate. Fortu; nately, however, difcovertes rfl have been made in the art of draining bogs by ie eT “ Mr. Jofeph Elkington, a farmer of the county|e “ of Warwick, as renders the improvement of Po fwampy land a matter of much lefs diffic ulty mee

** or expence than for merly,”’ My friends think iW that in both thefe paflages there is manifeftly a| marked determination to fet afide my claim to. BTS any fhare in the difcoy ery of that mode of drain- poate ing, and a ftudied care to avoid my name in any cel, way, left it might imply fome fort of derogation from the merit of Mr. Elkington; and they far- hagnetet ther think, that after the public claim I have al- ready made to that difcovery, it would argue little’ 7 lefs than a confcioufnefs of the injuftice of my claim, fhould I fuffer fuch a public affront to pafs unnoticed. As fome of Sir John Stnclatr’s beft has bee friends, with w hom I have fpoken upon the fub- fom{

ject, concur in the fame opinion, I find myfelf read i

called upon to urge a farther explanation on that ah

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