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men whofe time is valuable, thefe delays are very 

 inconvenient, and fi-equently operate fo powerfully 

 upon the minds of people, that many an inclofure is 

 paffed over which would otherwife be effeded. This 

 in a great meafure will account for fo many of our 

 commons and common fields having remained fo long 

 in their prefent flate. In making thefe remarks, it 

 is not my meaning to call reflections upon any quar- 

 ter, but to awaken the attention of the legiflature 

 and the Board of Agriculture to the importance of 

 the fubjeft, that all poflible encouragement may be 

 given to the honed enterprize of individuals j for 

 all improvements in agriculture, which carry great 

 weight, and in the end become national objefts, 

 mud be effecled by the individual, becaufe it mud be 

 the multitude that cultivate the hidden corners of 

 the earth, and " out of a little make a mickle." 

 Any thing which government could do in a pecuniary 

 way, by encouraging a few perfons in a local fitua- 

 tion, will never operate fo extenfively as the natural 

 exertions of the publick: doubtlefs government will 

 give the individual all the ailidance it can, to remove 

 vexatious obdruftions, and fmooth the road to honed 

 Vindertakings, which individuals may widi to bring 

 forward. 



It is likewife prefumed that it would be found 

 policy in government fo to do, as it will ever derive 

 a proportionate advantage from the indudry of the 

 people. I irud, therefore, that the legiflature will 



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