19* I>r. Rujh on the Progrefs of 



dence, and the fafety from our laws of every fpe- 

 cies of property, render the bleflings which I 

 have defcribed, objedls within the reach of every 

 man. 



From a review of thefe different fpecies of 

 fettlers, it appears that there are certain regular 

 ftages, which mark the progrefs from the favage 

 to civilized life. The firft fettler is nearly re- 

 lated to an Indian in his manners. In the fe- 

 cond, the Indian manners arc more diluted. 

 It is in the third fpecies only that we behold 

 civilization completed. It is to the third fpecies 

 of fettlers only, that it is proper to apply the 

 term of farmers. While we record the vices 

 of the firft and fecond fettlers, it is butjuftto 

 mention their virtues likewife. Their mutual 



of the roads, all influence the price of land to the firft 

 fettler. The quantity of cleared land, and the nature of 

 the improvements added to all the above circumftances, in- 

 fluence the price of farms to the fecond and third fettlers. 

 Hence the price of land to the firft fettler is from a quarter 

 of a guinea to two guineas per acre; and the price of 

 farms is from one guinea to ten guineas per acre to the 

 fecond and third fettlers, according as the land is varied 

 by the before-mentioned circumftances. When the firft 

 fettler is unable to purchafe, he often takes a traft of 

 land for feven years on a leafe, and contracts inftead of 

 paying a rent in cafh to clear fifty acres of land, to build 

 a log cabin and a barn, and to plant an orchard of two 

 or three hundred apple trees. This iraft after the ex- 

 piration of this leafe, fells or rents for a confiderable 

 profit. 



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