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forwarded to me. After all this the reader will judge of my furprife, when I read thefe words in a letter from Sir John:“ The board has at length “ finifhed it’s publication on the fubject of po- “ tatoes; and as you have been a contributer to “* et, you are entitled to a copy of it.” In what manner[ had become a contributer to that work, I could not well conceive; for I did not then Imagine that ever he could think of publithing what I had fo pofitively forbidden: but as fome obfervations of mine on potatoes had been print- ed in other publications, I thought fomething might have been extracted from thefe works, to which this paflage might allude. I took the earlieft opportunity that offered, to confult that work for my own fatisfaGtion. My aftonifhment at feeing the obfervations printed entire, with all their faults, and others fuperadded, thus forced upon the public notice,“ unanointed, unanel- led;” and the indignation I felt at this unexpeét- ed infult, may be eafier conceived than expreffed. [ call it an infult, becaufe I conceive that no one, a€ting in the charaéter of a gentleman, can have a right to publith the writings of another, even without his confent, far lefs, if contrary to his ex- prefs injunftions, clearly announced, and repeat- edly inforced. You, Sir John, have it in your VOL. IY. d