XXxil INTRODUCTION.

the paflages in my effays that dire@ed the fame method of praétice fo long ago as has been al- ready fpecified. If, on the other hand, the prac- tice followed by Mr. Elkington differs in princi- ple from that which I had fo long ago explain- ed; in that cafe the prefident of the board of agriculture may be with reafon accufed of in- juftice to the public, by having delayed fo long to explain the principle of that ufeful difcovery; for, as the public have already paid for the dif covery, they have a right to demand that it fhould be made more generally known for the benefit of the whole community; in the fame

manner as Mr. Forfyth’s receipt for recovering de-

brs cayed trees was publifhed, on receiving his pre- mium.[f underftand that I have been here mif-

informed—a_ part only of that premium having been as yet paid, April 15, 1798.| 1 therefore, in the name of the public, demand of you, Sir, who have taken the lead in this tranfaction, to publith this fecret, that all the world may be enabled to know it, and to avail themfelves of it, if they in- cline, without being obliged to have recourfe to Mr. Elkington himfelf, who, in this inftance, like the venders of quack medicines, carefully con- ceals his fecret, that he may be enabled to profit by the credulity of the public. And{hall the