An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, According to the System Practiced by Mr. Joseph Elkington (Classic Reprint) - John Johnstone

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"That His Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions for issuing to Mr. Joseph Elkington, as an inducement to discover his Mode of Draining, such sum as His Majesty in his wisdom shall think proper, not exceeding the sum of 10001. sterling; and to assure His Majesty that this House will make good the same to His Majesty."
Mr. Elkington's health being extremely precarious, there was a risk that the public might lose the benefit of the knowledge he had acquired, by the experience of above thirty years, in a species of Improvement, which, in these kingdoms, ought to be considered as the basis of every other. To prevent so unfortunate a circumstance, the Board resolved to send Mr. John Johnstone, to visit, in company with Mr. Elkington, the principal Drainages he was executing, and to take Drawings thereof.
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