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of Mr. Elkington is, in it’s principle, either the fame with that which was prattifed by me, more than thirty years ago, and publifhed as above faid; or it is not. If it be the fame, then doubt- lefs Mr. Elkington can have no jutt title to be held out to public view exclujvely as the di/co- verer of this practice; for I prefume, he will not alledge that, at the time of the difcovery, I had ever heard of him or of his praftice. Indeed,| never did hear of either, till his name was firft mentioned in fome of the publications of the board of agriculture. On the

ees ak that IV life VWerv wesc publ 1 Geral: tilat Iily aiicovery VV ao puyYs ifhec more

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than twenty years ago, and that Mr.: Blkingtén

has never till this hour publifhed his, but has been

going on from imperfett beginnings, gradually im-:

proving as he went on, it 1s not fo clear that he may not have borrowed fome hints to direct his pr acti either directly from my treatife, which has nace pretty generally read, in Lancafhire, or 4 ¢ Ww REE p's) Vigne pat Re. Sapte! 1 Ms Mecae ie OW(reat Woe pene ery pte eras ee Le from tne converiation of iome permons who had read it.— From thefe confiderations, if the princi-

eer yer ne Ba sete 2 SES esses sd Speen al Boas ple be the fame,.it will be difficult for the

dent of the board of agriculture to[clear him- felf from the imputation of a marked partiality in

the paflages above quoted; efpecially after my

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having pointed out to him, in my y former letter,