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more particularly, as we do not return goods, but 

 hard cafli in lieu of ir, which mud be a conflant 

 drain to this country. 



What we have hitherto faid upon this fubje£t, 

 relates to the wafte lands belonging to government. 

 V^^e {hall now briefly ilate our opinion on that which 

 is private property, of which there is an immenfe 

 quantity throughout this kingdom. The fame ar- 

 gument will nearly apply to this as to the other, ex- 

 cepting that it is, in general, poor landj in which 

 cafe, the general obfervation is, that it produces no- 

 thing when inclofed. This argument may hold good 

 when applied to agriculture, but cannot with refpeft 

 to planting, as we can eafily prove, that each acre, 

 at the end of twenty-five years, will yield at leaft 

 I col. worth of* timber and fire- wood, fuppofing the 

 whole cut down at that period ; or if properly thin- 

 ned, the remainder will continue to improve in the 

 fame proportion. We fliould therefore hope, the 

 great advantages arifmg therefrom would be a fuffi- 

 cient inducement to gentlemen poflcfling that fpecies 

 of property, to purfue it upon an extenfive fcale j 

 indeed we cannot conceive that any gentleman can 

 fit down eafy, and fay he has difcharged his duty to 

 his fiimily, when he is confcious he has neglected to 

 purfue thofe meafures, which in a few years Would 

 increafe his property fo amazingly. 



Under this article we (hall mention commonable 

 land, which belongs to the parifliioners in general, 



which. 



