i8oo. ReviewofRochefoucauWsTra'veh through America, 303 



We have here an eflimate of the number of acres in each pa- 

 rifh, of their various application to corn, grafs, &c. ; courfes 

 of crops, and number of inhabitants. Thefe may furnifh moffc 

 ufeful and interefling documents for future cbfervers on the 

 Itate of this important diftri6t. 



On the whole, this General View of the Agricuhure of the 

 Weft Riding of Yorkfhire — for diligent refearch, candour and 

 liberality, in the fele£tion of matter from correfpondents, as 

 well as in the imparting of advice and opinion ; for the able 

 and mafterly manner in which the account is drawn up, and, 

 above all, for the found and pradlical knowledge pervading 

 the whole work — merits the warmeft acknowledgments of the 

 inhabitants of that diftri£l in particular, and will obtain a dif- 

 tinguiPiiCd place among the furveys of the other coun-ies. 

 We conclude our review of this article, with lamenting, that 

 the Board of Agriculture (hould have reftri6led the furveyors, 

 generally, from the difcuffion of the fubje£t of tithes, in com- 

 parison with which, every other obftacle to the agricultural 

 improvement of this country, is but as a molehill to a moun- 

 tain, W. P. 



travels through the United States of North America, by the 

 Duke de la Rochefoucault Lianoourt, Vol. 2. 

 6S6 pages, 4/0. London, Philips, l^c. 1799. 



A CONSIDERABLE part of this volume is devoted to a de- 

 fcription of the conftitution, government, laws, commerce, 

 and manners, cf the United States ; which fubjedls are fo- 

 reign to the general purpofes of this work : But wherever the 

 noble author enters upon agricultural details, we difcern the 

 fame propriety of defcription, and jullice of remark, as were 

 ftrikingly difplayed in the fjrft part of this valuable and im- 

 portant woik. 



We lament fincerely that our limits preclude us from ex- 

 amining fuch an interefling publication with that minutenefs 

 which it deferves. We (hall therefore confine ourfelves to a 

 brief (ketch of the dlfTerent routes taken by his Grace, extraOt 

 one or two pafTages illuftrative of American hufbandry, and 

 conclude with a 9tw remarks upon the prefent (tate of rural 

 economy in the United States. 



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