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than additional affiftance, fome part of which be- 

 comes ftationary, and thus the population is increafed. 



Survey of Hampshire, page 29. 



BY A. AND W. DRIVER. 



We cannot take the fubjeft of waftes into confide- 

 "fation without exprelTmg our aflonilhment, that cen- 

 tury after century fliould be fuffered to elapfe, with- 

 out fome efficient meafures being taken to cultivate 

 the Wafte Lands of this kingdom, particularly thofe 

 belonging to the crown, when it is a very clear cafe, 

 that, if they were properly managed, they would 

 produce fufficient to pay a very confiderable part of 

 the intereft of the national debt. 



In treating of this fubjefl we do not mean to con-< 

 fine ourfelves to this county, as the fame argument 

 will hold good in every part of the kingdom; and 

 although there is a vafl quantity in Hampfhire, yet 

 we apprehend more will be found in other counties, 

 panicularly in the adjoining county of Dorfet, which 

 now literally produces nothing but heath, befides 

 the downs, which are but little better. Surely, 

 then, it is a national confideration, and no more time 

 ought to be loft, without purfuing fuch means as 

 will obtain fo defirable an end, the execution of 

 which, does not appear to us to be attended with 

 many difficulties ; indeed none but what may be ea- 

 lily furmounted. 



A GENERAL 



