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Jetter of August,?herefore, 1 did not discuss the latter as an psulated question,'but joined with it an examination of the yarious causes which, in my mind, had rendered that impor- tation necessary; and unquestionably your correspondenty Agricola Meridionalis, did not act very candidly, when he endeavoured to Shew that 1 ought to have copfined myself to one Subject, and ridiculed 13y manner of proceeding. With- out putting himself to the trouble of making 50 many remarks on the desultory nature of that letter, he might have confined himself to the investigation of any ot the zu bjects it embraced z and were I to contend that all the rest are more congenial to bis talents than the ox and horse question,| am persuaded that a very great majority of your agricultural readers would coincide in my opinion. Perhaps Some Suspicion that A.:-M. was actuated by other motves, bezides those assSigned for not fully replying to my letter at page 245 of your Magazine for October, are not yet eradicated from the minds of many of them. His apology for not answering It, 1S contained in these words=“ 1 am a piain reasoner, and am little accustomed to circumvention and circumlocution; but whevever Agricola Northumbriensis will condescend to confine himself to insu- Jated questions, ordinary Subjects, and cold arguments, 1 have no objection to conänumng with him ihe correspondence be has commenced in your usetul miscellany." These words be also used in a former letter, and certainly they may, 0 a man less Wgentous thun Your correspondent, prove ot a very accommodating nature; for adverse arguments may be deemed dezultory, extraordinary, or t00 Warm. But why“ circum- vention" and“ circumlocution" were introduced, Ll must own T am rather at a loss to disCover. 18 the latter term was in- tended to carry Information to your readers that A. M. can write without periphrasis, it was perfect]y unneceSSary, for no charge had been exhibited against him; and the papers from his pen, are 50 many convincing proofs that he can eXpress himself in a concise and able manner. 1f our controversy bad related to our respeCtive abilities as writers, I would not have ventured to Support the contest; Since being 50 extremely Small, that in the Scale against his distinguished talents, they would immediately have kicked the beam. The dispute, how- ever, is of a difierent nature, and[ must now not only request the attention of your readers to the remarks 1 Shall make upon itz but declare, that 8 my arguments and deductions had not been misrepresented, 1<hould have deemed iL unnecessary to have made any observations on the paper of A. M.(on aul- mal labour) which is inserted in your last vuwber. Before I oint out this mig-representation,[1 must remind them, that in the introduction to my comparative Statement, S0Ome Strong fuets(be regults of accurate experinents) are adduced; which

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