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fleets and armies to provide for, which could not 

 Qtherwife be fupplied, and alfo magazines to furnifh 

 in cafe of a fcarcity, or unfruitful years s but ma* 

 gazines cahnot be formed of provifions which take 

 up a great deal of room, and which mufl be often 

 changed. 



It would be very dangerous to truft to any of 

 thofe grains for a fubfiftence, which are fubjeft to 

 more accidents than wheat, and of which even the 

 harveft may totally fail, and whereof one cannot 

 lay up a (lore to ferve in cafes of neccffity -, this 

 would be expofing us to very frequent famines j 

 and certainly that is a very convenient provifion, of 

 which the great plenty of fome years will more than 

 compcnfate for thofe of fcarcity, 



Befides, bread has the great advantage, when well 

 made and baked, of keeping a long time, of bearing 

 exportation, of being always ready without any 

 frefh baking i this is alfo a very valuable property, 

 and perhaps is a property peculiar to wheaten 

 bread, fince other compofitions with pafte, unfer- 

 men ted, will not keep near fo long. 



I fliould ftill have further remarks to make on 

 other fubjefts of this Treatife, but I do not like to 



write 



