XXXll INTRODUCTION. 



is inconvenient, by occafioning a wafte of time — it detaches 

 too much the eye of the father from his family — if he de- 

 lights in his garden, it is in the wrong place — order and 

 harmony at his home are the lefs preferved — his hut is the 

 lead obje6l of his liking — it receives no regular (hare of his 

 fhort attentions — he returns to it in the dark, merely as to 

 . a den, in which he may lie down — and from which he may 

 depart again as foon as he can open his eyes. 



But, give to a young man, about to fettle in a life of ufe- 

 ful country labour, the requifites for domeftick fixture and 

 enjoyment; give him, at a reafonable rent, fuch as may pay 

 the builder four per cent, for his money judicioufly laid out, 

 a cottage, fimply but neady and conveniently built, with 

 two or three fleeping- rooms, in one of which his wife may 

 lie-in with detached decency — give him a well of water — or 

 place him by the fide of a running ftream — give him at leaft 

 half an acre of adjoining ground — and give him an afllirance 

 of continuance, and of confbnt employ, on condition of 

 his induftry and general good condud ; and you will moft 

 likely lay the foundation of much happinefs, and much re- 

 fpedability — fix for life a faithful and grateful fervant — and 

 add to the ftrength of the country by the moft healthy po- 

 pulation. A fum, perhaps not exceeding 5cl. or 6cl. thus 

 laid out, at moderate intereft, may do all this ! — For the 

 fum of 50cl. or 600I. laid out together., (which to many 

 gentlemen would be no inconvenience) or at different times, 

 (which to others might be more agreeable) may be pro- 

 duced a little colony of labourers, living in neatnefs and 

 comfort ; a picture which, in the mind of a benevolent ob- 

 ferver, would be a more lively and pleafing ornament than 

 all the fuperfluous horfes, and all tht dog-kennels, in the 

 imiverfe. The annual expence of this human, and hu- 

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