[96]. The Peace of Westphalia.
[97]. George Rose, President of the Board of Trade. Died 1818.
[98]. This measure is referred to on page 137.
[99]. Arthur Young’s fishing parties are described in Fanny Burney’s Camilla.
[100]. Founded 1785.
[101]. Robert Bakewell, died 1795, a celebrated grazier. It was wittily remarked that ‘his animals were too dear for anyone to buy, and too fat for anyone to eat.’
[102]. ‘Turnip Townshend,’ ancestor of the Lord Townshend here named, was celebrated in the famous lines—
‘Why of two brothers, rich and restless, one
Ploughs, burns, manures, and toils from sun to sun;
The other slights for women, sports, and wines,