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thoufand pounds, which is confidered as a 

 handfome capital. Tlie whole, or the moft 

 part of this capital he expends on the fine 

 of a large houfe, and on furniture. His 

 (lock in trade he obtains on credit. He 

 keeps a pair of hunters, and a harlot. He 

 indulges himfelf in all the pleafures of the 

 table. He frequents the gaming houfe. 

 In Ihort, he lives in the ftyleof aman, who 

 had already acquired an ample fortune. 

 He flatters himfelf, that by frequent enter- 

 tainments, and conviviality, he ftiall ac- 

 quire friends, and form ufeful connexions. 

 His credit totters, — he gets a wife, with 

 fonie money ; this wards off the evil day, 

 for a feafon, only to return with greater 

 certainty ; for the wife is not lefs extrava- 

 gant than the hufband. The man becomes 

 a bankrupt ; pays two fliillings and fix- 

 pence in the pound ; anJ is happy if 

 he can become a tide-waiter, a gauger, a 

 hearth-money coileflor, or an enfign of mi- 

 litia. He dies, and leaves a race of idle 

 uneducated beggars to burthen the com- 

 munity. Such is the hiftory of many a 

 merchant and mailer manufaSurer in Ire- 

 land." 



Mr. P. next treats of morals and public 

 inftruftion, and upon the effefls of regu- 

 lations and reftriflions in trade. The lad 

 chapter in theElTay contains obfervations 

 refpefling the encouragement of the linen, 

 woollen, cotton, and paper manufaflures, 

 and upon other topics which are deeply jn- 

 tereftingio the welfare of a people. With- 

 out, however, attempting to follow the 

 author in thefe particulars, we (hall con- 

 clude this account cf his EfTay by tranfcrib- 

 ing a palTage recommendatory of philofo-- 

 phical knowledge as a mean of promoting 

 the commerce of the couniry. 



*' Pnilofophy and fcience will contri- 

 bute tJ the increafe and improvement of 

 manufailures, by difcovering and pointing 

 out for ufc, new lubrtances or luch as were 

 not known or fuppofed to be the produce 

 of the country, — by indicating ne*', and 

 more profitable applications at lubHances 

 already known, — by fuggelting profitaUle 

 ufes for fubflances now known, but i.eg- 

 lefled and unemployed. 



" Philofophy and fcitnce will aifo con- 

 trlbuteto improve theqnaiity, th-ftrcngth, 

 the finenefii, the beauty of fabucs, to 

 abridge the labour of the mnntifacluicr in 

 producing them, by various i nprjveiiitnts 

 in the coiiftruRion and adipr<;i n of ma- 

 chinery, by calling; in'o ailion ih-- iijttrrcrt 

 roerhat.ic po-veu, as auxiiiaiict t iiieie 

 human flcill, induitry, and iiMnoaJ ilrenii'li. 



" In t le proilucli JO ot new lul^ft.-.' ces, 

 agricuituir, minciai'.igy, and clieniiltty. 



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may combine their forces. Agriculture 

 will naturalize and raife ufeful plants, 

 which may furnilh new materials for new 

 manufailures, or the preparation of which 

 may, in itfelf, be a manufailure. It is 

 fuppofed, that among other valuable 

 plants, which might be cultivated advan- 

 tageoully in this country, madder, li- 

 quorice, fafFron, hops, hemp, and to- 

 bacco, offer a fair profpeil of fuccels. 

 The want of capital, the oppieflive and 

 difcouraging influetice of tithes, and the 

 apathy and indolence too generally preva- 

 lent in Ireland, have hitherto proved bars 

 to experiments of this kind. There are 

 many known, and commoa vegetable fub- 

 ftances, which are now neglected, but 

 might be applied to ufeful purpofes ; 

 thus, as I have obferved, a coarfe texture, 

 fit for making facks, waggoners' frocks, 

 and other articles of that kind, may be 

 manufa6lured irom the fibres of nettles. 

 There are many common vegetables, 

 which are known to contain the alhingeiit 

 tanning principle, and might prove ufeful 

 fubltitutes for oak bark in the procefs of 

 tanning leather. There are many other 

 plants, which would prove excellent in- 

 gredients for the preparation of dying 

 ftufFs. 



" Mineralogy might dlfcovermany ufe- 

 ful fubftances, the perfefl metals, coals, 

 cobalt, fuUer's-earth, ochres, clays and 

 fands for potteries, and the glafs manufac- 

 tures; all thefe, by furniflilng new obje6ls 

 and materials of manulaif lire, would afr)rd 

 new fources of employment to an induf- 

 trious population. Cliemiftry, alfo, by 

 producing different fubftances for the pur- 

 pofes of the dyer, the painter, and other 

 manufacturers and artilts, will greatly en- 

 large the catalogue, a.^d extend the fphere 

 of induftry." 



To Mr. Theophilus Swift was ad- 

 judged, by the Royal liilh Acidemy, the 

 Goid Prize Medal, for an Eff.iy on the 

 Rile and Progrels of Rhime. 



The objei':^ of this tfTay is to prove that 

 rhime has its origin in no exclufive lan- 

 guage, but is original in all thole, where 

 it haih at any tmie prevailed. To find 

 therefore the origin of rhime, the author 

 f.ckk fur it in the origin of langujge it- 

 felf. 



Another interclting Pi<per laid before 

 this Academy, conl'ifts of '• Notices relative 

 to (onie ot the Nnnvc Tribes of North 

 Ameii.a, by JoHW DuNNE, Efq " 



I.i jpctking of I chikanakoa, a celer 



bra ed chief, he fa)S, it w/a* he who corn- 



man'fc,; t'le Uiiied Indians at the otlc;»t 



of St. Cl.iir : he wa^ " an ii(>.coiiimbD rriii 



4 fat' 



