of the Bath Correfpondents have turned their attention to this article, the culture of which feems not to be as yet fully underftood an indication that agriculture is carried to perfection but in very few places; for as foon as the neat garden-like culture comes to be univerfally practised in the fields, carrots must become a very general crop; but never till then, for obvious reafons. (To be concluded in our next.) ART. XI. Obfervations on Live Stock; containing Hints for choofing and improving the beft Breeds of the most useful Kinds of domeftic Animals. By George Culley, Farmer at Henton, Northumberland. 8vo. 35. Robinfon, London. HAT the ftudy of agriculture is lefs in vogue at prefent THA than it was fome years ago, is a fact that we Reviewers have reason to acknowledge with pleafore: for, at the time when every man wished to be accounted a skilful farmer, the rage for books on that fubject was fuch as to tempt many anonymous fcribblers to write treatifes on agriculture, which had nothing to recommend them but their title-page; all of which we were under the difagreeable neceffity of perufing, to our no fmall mortification and difguft. But the cafe is now happily altered, with regard to us at leaft. The Public, by being often impofed on, have become more cautious; and anonymous performances on that subject are fo little in requeft, as to deter ignorant writers from attempting it; and we have the pleasure of meeting with treatifes, from time to time, written by actual farmers which cannot fail to advance the knowledge of an art that ever must be held in a very high degree of eftimation by the difcerning part of mankind. ters. The work now before us is of this fort. It treats of a fubject that has fcarcely ever yet been touched on by preceding wriFor, unless it be some hints on this head thrown out by Mr. Arthur Young in one of his Tours, and a few detached remarks by Mr. Lifle, we do not at prefent recollect any other attempt to illuftrate this branch of the business of the farmer, that delerves notice, though it must be allowed to be one of very great importance, and well deferving the attention of every actual farmer. The animals our author treats of from his own knowledge, are horses, neat cattle, fheep, and fwine; with regard to which he delivers many judicious obtervations, the refult, feemingly, of his own experince, and ftrict attention. It is not, however, to be expected, that, in a first attempt, the author fhould be able to attain perfection, or that he will not foretimes fall into mistakes, which his own futúre observations, or thofe of others, will correct. The man who fi.ft fketches the outlines of a chart of an unknown REV. Aug. 1786. country, K country, ventures on an arduous and ufeful undertaking; for which he is entitled to much praife, though perfect accuracy in every particular is not to be expected. Mr. C. is an admirer, and in fome measure an imitator, of Mr. Bakewell; of whom, in feveral parts of his work, he speaks with the highest respect; regretting that Mr. B. has not attempted the talk on which he himself has ventured. Our Author begins with the horse; his account of which he very ingenuously introduces with the following remark: ‘As I do not profefs any great fhare of knowledge in regard to horses, I fhall confequently fay lefs concerning them than the other kind of flock, with which I have been more converfant, and to which I have paid more attention, particularly fheep. However, as horses are univerfally allowed to be among the most useful animals of the creation, we fhall give them the first place in our nar ration.' He recommends for the road, horfes that have, what is called, a little blood in them, that is, a fall ftrain of the running breed, as fuch a horse, he fays, will ufually perform a pleasanter day's work than one that has little or none of the racing breed in him.' -This is an opinion very generally admitted; though we are difpufed to believe that it applies only in certain cafes, and is by no means univerfal. The large soft breed of horses to be found in many parts of England, as being naturally unfit for any continued active exertions, are without doubt improved by that means; but it does not follow that other breeds of horses, that are naturally active and hardy, would be improved by the fame means. The writer of this article knows feveral facts that ftrongly tend to confirm this opinion. Our Author recommends croffing the breed of horses, as being in general productive of great benefit. Of cattle he enumerates, as diftinct kinds, 1. The long horned, or Lancashire breed; 2. The fhort horned, or Dutch kind; 3. The polled, humbled, or Galloway breed; 4. The kiloes, or Scotch cattle; 5. The Alderney, or French breed; and, 6. The wild breed, which are ftill preferved by fome of our nobility in parks; concerning each of thefe he makes feveral pertinent obfervations, to which the breeders and feeders of cattle will do well to attend. His remarks on fheep are ftill more particular and importBut the fcanty limits to which we must confine ourselves, prevents us from attempting any analysis of this part of his work, or of that relating to fwine, which alfo confifts chiefly of origi. nal observations drawn from his own experience; for a knowledge of which we must refer the curious reader to the effay itself. He lays but little of the other domeftic animals; and as thefe few I remarks remarks are confeffedly not the refult of experience, we much approve of his brevity with regard to them. Although we rank this effay in the useful clafs of rural performances; yet, in the conduct of the work, we remark several improprieties that forbid us to affign it a first place among them. It is written in a careless defultory manner, which will prevent it from being easily confulted occafionally, as it must be difficult to find the obfervation wanted. The ftyle is too florid and declamatory, and the reafoning in many places inaccurate; so that the conclufions he draws do not neceffarily refult from the premifes. We think too, that we perceive fomething like a quackish fpirit pervading the whole, that rather tends to recommend particular noftrums than to advance general knowledge. But here we wish to fpeak with caution, as it is poffible we may be in this respect mistaken. The ingenious Author deferves at least much commendation for thus openly communicating his fentiments to the Public; and we hope he will be encouraged, by the fuccefs of his work, to continue his researches in this branch of rural economics. ART. XII. The Recefs; or the Tale of other Times *. By the Author of the Chapter of Accidents. 12mo. 3 vols. 10s. 6d. Boards. Cadell, 1786. ATILDA and Ellinor, the heroines of this ingenious and affecting Novel, are the daughters of Mary Queen of Scots by the Duke of Norfolk. They are brought up in the RECESS, adjoining to St. Vincent's Abbey, under the fuperintendence of Mrs. Marlow, fifter to Lord Scroop. In the early part of life, they were totally unacquainted with the fecret of their birth. It was at length difclofed by Mrs. Marlow on her death-bed; and the refigned her charge to her brother Anthony, under whofe protection they continued, till Lord Leicester, pursued by ruffians, found refuge in the Recefs; and having been ftruck with the beauty and manners of Matilda, gave her his hand in marriage. On this event, the removed with her fifter to his Lordship's country-feat at Kenelworth, Elizabeth paying her favourite Leicester a vifit, faw the Princeffes (whofe quality fhe knew not, nor was by any means able to discover), and fufpecting they might draw off from herself the affections of Leicefter, artfully makes them her maids of honour, and takes them with her to court. The Queen not long after makes Leicester an offer of her hand, which his embarraffment would neither fuffer him to accept or *The first volume appeared in the year 1783. See Rev. Vol. LXVIII. p. 455 K 2 refufe, refale. The perplexity and confusion obfervable in Leicester is attributed by the Qeen to her unexpected propoial, and the warmth of bis pañoa for her; and orders him to retire and prepare for the celebration of their nuptials. Fr, to avoid the certain defract on to which the jealousy of De Guzen on the dicovery of his real freation) would have expid not only hink out his Mandal, be makes a preci dhe merret from count, and puts over into France, whither I wres D-RINTZ bras been fires e perfuit of him. se evenals and sheet him en Raum, commanding him to Kite to the Center England, Ixtent of relig, be makes r the encore. The for Matilda for **ing a bar bær i betirem; and, in a fltate v, he s con lavet man. Journ St Vincent's Abne znatiž ar Lars Mirtime. 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