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INTRODUCTION.

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_pend on Chemistry, which is defined to be a knowledge of the properties of bodies, and of the effes resulting

from their different combinations.

[In the following pages an attempt will be made to ex- plain, on estab! hed principles, the processes that ac- company the cultivation and amelioration of the soil.

This discussion will come forward with peculiar advan-

tage at a time when provisions bear so high a price, and: i when individuals, awakening from the golden dreams of

manufactures and of commerce, begin to see, and expe-

rimentally to feel, that the prosperity of a nation cannot be permanent, nor its inhabitants quiet and contented, in their respective situations, where Agriculture is ne- gleéted, and an unwise preference given to manufa@ures

and to commerce; occupations that produce very different

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effe&s on the bodies and minds of men, from those that

are attendant on the sober and healthful employment of

husbandry. By the adoption of a new Tine of investigation, ex 4 emplified in the following Treatise, ight has not only{ j been| } | } |