Survey of Denbighshire, p. 23, 



It is a faft that raufl flrike every one who has 

 made the tour of Britain, efpecially if he is acquainted 

 with its former as well as prefent date, that though 

 the exertions of England in the mercantile and ma- 

 nufacturing lines of bufinefs, have for the laft half 

 century been vigorous almoft beyond compare, yet 

 in the line of agriculture it has been comparatively 

 languid: Whereas in Scotland, though fhe darted 

 late, and has made but fmall progrefs in induftry, 

 yet the exertions in agriculture have nearly kept 

 pace with thofe in the other departments. 



This can be afcribed to no other circumflances 

 than thofe mentioned in the text: among thefe the 

 drawing of tithes in- kind is peculiarly difcouraging 

 to agriculture, as it not only affefts the tenant, but 

 even the proprietor himfelf, who mud, on this ac- 

 count, forego many attempts he could have made in 

 improvements with profit. The proprietors of land 

 in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, who juftly con- 

 (ider the expence of improving the foil as a purchafe 

 price, would in all cafes find that though they may 

 liave a reafonable profit, where no tithe is drawn, 

 they could have had none at all if that had been paid 

 in kind. Indeed, in mod cafes, that tithe alone is 

 more than the whole profit they ever expe£l to de- 

 p\t from it. The confcquence here is obvious ; 



but 



