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picking them up when harvefteds a man, his wife, 

 and two children, about 12 or 13 years of age. 

 The man I paid 6s. a week, the woman 3s. and the 

 two children 3s, together 1 2s. A very pretty in- 

 come for a poor family! At thefe times they ufually 

 got them a few clothes; at other times, when I had 

 no employment for them, they have been often 

 obliged to feek relief from the parifh. 



It is certainly a matter of great importance to all 

 men in bufinefs, to do ail in their power to promote 

 the beneficial employment of the poor; it not only 

 fcrves to alleviate a burthen, which in many places 

 is become intolerable; but is alfo the fureft means 

 of keeping the poor honelt. Many of them, I hope, 

 would never have thought of being otherwife, if 

 they had not been firft impelled by neceflity; who 

 from petty pilferings to get a penny, go on to 

 greatef thefts, till they too often go to the gallows 5 

 whereas, had they been conftantly employed, they 

 would have been neither neceflitous nor idle — the 

 two grand fources of all the evils they fuffer, and 

 the injuries they do to fociety I 



I am. Sir, 



Your moll obedient fervant, 



North^Bockhampton, JOSEPH WIMPEY. 



-Mx/. 25, 1788. 



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