ji 2 on scientific government, Feb, Q,g, 



tlie pofsefsion of Elizabeth. Mr Hume has, . with 

 much propriety, vindicated his conduct. Had it 

 been pofsible tliat the life of such a prince, and the 

 tranquillity of this country, could have been prolong- 

 ed to the present day, it is beyond the power of Bri- 

 rilh vanity to conceive the accumulated progrefs of 

 Britifli opulence. Both islands would, long before 

 this time, have advanced to a state of cultivation, ncJt 

 inferior to that of China. The productions of the soiJ, 

 and the number of inhabitants, might have exceedec', 

 by tenfold, their present amount. Public roads, ca- 

 nals, bridges, and buildings of every description, must 

 have multiplied far beyond what our most sangitine 

 wiihes are capable of conceiving. A fliort review 

 of the destruction committed by foreign wars within 

 the last hundred years of our history, can hardly fail 

 to amuse and may perhaps instruct the reader. This 

 will furnifh materia's for another letter from 



Laurcrcekirk F.b. 25. 1792. TiMOTHY ThUNDERPROOF. 



NOVUM ORGANUM POLITICUM. 



BEING AN ATTEMPT TO SHEW 

 THAT THE jERA OF SCIEKTIFIC GOVERNMENT IS ARRIVED. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



1 KE study of human nature, and the knowledge of 

 what has happened to mankind in the various ages., 

 ■climates, and nations of the world, leading to the fm- 

 provement of his nature by good government, are 

 the elements of the first of arts, snd the first of sci- 



