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too large a quantity of dung upon it; and per- 

 haps of the two evils, a furfeit may be more per- 

 nicious than a faft. 



Should it be aflTcrted, that animal food and 

 vinous liquors give nourifhment and ftrength to 

 human bodies j the objection would be deemed 

 frivolous, which mould aflcrt that in (lances fre- 

 quently happen of their cauiing iirknefs and fur- 

 feits, and becoming loath fome to the ftomach. 

 This would be no argument againft the truth of 

 the pofition ; but a very jufr. one, that the belt 

 things may be abufed, and their value deflroyed 

 by a prepofterous ufc of them. 



A gentleman's gardener keeps no account of 

 profit and lofs for his mafter. His intereii often 

 depends upon the goodnefs of his crops, and his 

 credit always upon the magnitude and beauty of 

 his fruit, &c. but it is no object with him, whe- 

 ther a cucumber or a pound of potatoes (land his 

 mafter in five farthings or five millings, or whe- 

 ther a melon or a pine-apple coll him a penny or 

 a pound. His ambition is to excel. The plea- 

 fure of making computations, and the advantages 

 attending them, he fagacioufly leaves to thofe 

 \vh >tn it may more nearly concern. However, 

 fliould we enquire into the foundation and fup- 



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