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in the country, and bctakj themselves to the pomp 

 of biii'.cUiigs, and the glare and noise of cities, to 

 the great deperition and ruin of all the finer affec- 

 tions ot the toul, that is not depraved bj artificial 

 and unnatural delectations. 



Now, if a man relifti not the turbulent pleasures 

 of a city, during the seasons ot recefs from businefs, 

 he must betake himself to the recreations of the 

 country. 



But if he fall into the rude sports, and crapulous 

 exccfses of esquirts, w lich ever succeed to the vio- 

 lent exertions of "king ^nd hunting, his last e- 

 state will be worse than the former. 



For a man evcf afDimilaieth himself unto what is 

 close unto him, and continually subjected to his sen- 

 ses ; and by following ot dogs and of hawks, and by 

 living with horses and horse keepers, he will be- 

 come brutal in his appetites, and unseemly in his 

 manners, changing the celestial image of his maker, 

 into the likeneL of the inferior creatures with whom 

 he herdeth. 



Ctrtainly therefore, as a man of competent riches 

 must have, or seek to have, pleasing occupations 

 of leisure, that (hall cxhi lit some marks of his own 

 ingenuity or IkiU in contrivance, none can be 

 more apposite, innocent, or praise worthy, than 

 those of 'agriculture, horticulture, and plantation. 



Yet in all these, as in every other divertisement to 

 which a man may take for his recreation, regard must 

 be had to the worth of the occasion, and to the ex- 

 tent of his fortune. 



