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It appears then from what has been faid, and 

 which may alfo be relied on from a great number 

 of treatifes on the fubje6l, that Wheat is not a 

 commodity that is impoverifhing in itfelf j for, in 

 ^n equality of foil, it is as advantageous as any 

 other; and that this grain will grow indifferently^ a| 

 leaft in lands and fituations which are unfavourable 

 to other plants. One may alfo add, that this grain 

 is adapted to mpft climates ; and that, if therej are 

 diftridts almoft entirely fown with wheat, and yet 

 poor, it is the fault of the foil, or fome other cir- 

 cgmftances, and not of this ufeful grain. 



The comparifon between the population of fomc 

 provinces, cultivated with corn, which are thinly 

 inhabited, and others of vineyards and pafture-* 

 lands, which are more populous, fimply proves this 

 only. That one foil is more rich than the other, and 

 that a fertile foil will maintain mod inhabitants. 



No perfon is more capable of afligning the caufe 

 of the fubjedion of the Roman empire to the 

 Northern powers, than M. Linguet 3 but he can- 

 not furely be ferious, when he fays, that they were 

 enabled to conquer them, becaufe thofe Northern 

 countries produced no corn, and that population 

 decreafed fince the introduftion of grain. 



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