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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

TO THE

SOMERSETSHIRE RE-PRINTED REPORT.

E following Remarks on the preſent ſtate of Agri- culture in the county of Somerſet having been made without an aQual ſurvey, thoſe readers who are converſant with the ſubje& will be able, no doubt, to point out many defeêls, errors, and omiſſions.

The Writer, however, preſumes, that though he may not have ſpecifically and expreſsly touched on all the pradices and improvements of the beſt farmers, yet that no kind or claſs of theſe matters has been abſolutely overlooked.

He does not profeſs to have given a compleat detail of the various branches of rural management, but to have diſ- cuſſed the moſt important articles belonging thereto; and he has done his utmoſt to treat the ſubjeË in ſuch a manner, and to expreſs his meaning in fuch a language, as might be beſt adapted to the underſtanding and comprehenſion of common farmers.

Should the ſubje& of inclofing,&c. the Waſte Lands, be thought by ſome to occupy too much room, the writer in- treats them to weigh in their own minds, whether any thing, ſo nearly related to publick as well as individual good, can be too diffuſely handled, or too ſtrongly recommended.

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