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they would water and fertilize thofe lands where a 

 larger river cannot with propriety expand itfelf. 



While under tuition they will learn the expedi- 

 ency of a clean and fpirited fyftem of hufbandry; 

 as it is fuppoled that their tutor's fields will be cul- 

 tivated on thefe principles. On comparing his crops 

 with thofe of many others, the truth of Hesiod's 

 maxim would be apparent, that half may he more 

 than the whole.* For fhould they think of be- 

 coming tenants, they will view an eftate with this 

 ruling principle, that one of an hundred pounds 

 per annum, well cultivated, will produce, at the 

 end of the term, more clear profit than another of 

 two hundred a year, treated in a negligent and 

 -ilovenly manner. 



An injudicious courfe of cropping, imperfcd 

 tillage, partial and improper manures, are not al- 

 ways to be attributed to ignorance, but fomctimes 

 to the eftate being too large for the farmer's capi- 

 tal; he does not command the eftate, but the eftate 

 him, too frequently to the great injury of both; his 

 hands are bound at his firft fctting out; and it is 

 ■much if they regain their freedom, unlcfs eventu- 

 ally through his landlord's diftraining him for rent, 



ITAioi y^^i.^9v 7F»tTos* Opera et dies, v. 40. 



and 



