122 On the Rise and Progress 
advantages resulting to a country from an en- 
creased productive population, as well as 
from the encouragement afforded to agricul- 
ture, by the encreased consumption of the 
products of the land. 
But in resorting to water-falls to avail 
themselves of their power, the manufacturers 
were again removed from the experienced 
workmen in wood and metal, as well as from 
their neighbours, whose families had become 
essential parts of their enlarged establish- 
ments. 
Tn some instances men of landed property 
stepped forward, and joining the industrious 
manufacturers with their capital, colonized 
near the water- falls for their convenience. 
Notwithstanding these aids, the principal 
manufacturers, being further removed from 
the markets where they used to dispose of their 
manufactures and purchase what they want- 
ed, found much difficulty in procuring an in- 
crease of machinery, or in repairing that al- 
ready in use. 
Mean while the little manufacturers, who 
had remained in their cottages and villages, 
did not abandon their exertions; but, making 
the most of the means they had, by employ- 
ing the power of the lame and the blind in 
turning their machinery, they also found the 
