1 800. through the United States of North America, 30 r 



from the accounts here given, appe.irs to have been planned 

 out upon too expenfive a fcale for the circumftances of the 

 country ; to the profperity of which, the finking (uch an im- 

 menfe fum of money upon non-produ£live woiks, was cer- 

 tainly a matter of the utmoft magnitude. In the execution 

 of the defign, a grofs error feems to have been committed, by 

 ere£ting buildings in all the different quarters at once, without 

 finifhing any thing like a ftreet, or difpofing of the lots as 

 buildings for the accommodation of the inhabitants w^ere re- 

 quired. Ruinous fpeculationb were the certain conftquence ; 

 and by far too much of the capital llock of America has been 

 unnecefiarily expended, in eredling what is meant in future 

 to be their capital city. His Grace's obfervations on thefe 

 matters are fo juft, that we recommend them to the attention 

 of our readers. It appears, however, from a late motion in 

 the American Senate, that he has erred in his prediction, that 

 government would not remove to this place at the time fixed 

 by the original law in 1790. 



Leaving Federal City, the Duke pafTed on to Baltimore, 

 ■which has increafed prodigioufly fincc the peace in 1783, and 

 is now the third commercial town in America. Crofling the 

 Sufquehannah, he arrived at Elktown, and from thence pro- 

 ceeded to Philadelphia. 



A very full and liberal account of the State of Pennfylvania 

 is next given, which is well worth the perufal of every perfon 

 who takes intereft in the welfare of mankmd. 



The fourth tour is through part of Pennfylvania and States 

 of New Jerfey. A hiftoi y of the colony of New York is pre- 

 fented, which is followed by an interefting account of its pre- 

 fent conftitution, trade, finances, manners, &c. A variety of 

 general obfervations on the United States conclude the work. 

 We fhall now extradl two paflages, which will throw con- 

 fiderable light upon American huibandry. 



Speaking of Mr JefFerfon's eftate at Monticello, in the chain 

 of mountains which ftretches from James's rivef to the Ra- 

 pahannock, his Graee fays : 



" Mr JefFerfon has divided all his land under culture Into four 

 farms, and every farm into feven fields of forty acres. Each farm 

 confifts, therefore, of two hundred and eighty acres. His fyftem 

 of rotation embraces feven years 5 and thi« is the reafon why each 

 farm has been divided into feven fields. In the firft of thefe feven 

 years, wheat is cultivated j in the fecond, Indian corn j i<i the 



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