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in the General's hundred sheep on three 

 thousand acres, the wool would not weigh 

 on an average more than three pounds 

 and a half the fleece, and the carcases 

 forty-eight pounds each. Secondly, The 

 proportion of the produce in grain was 

 similar. The General's crops were from 

 two to three bushels of wheat per acre ; 

 and my father's farm, although poor clay 

 soil, gave from twenty to thirty bushels. 



During this conversation, Colonel Lear, 

 aide-de-camp to the General, was present. 

 When the General left the room, the Colo- 

 nel told me he had himself been in England, 

 and had seen Mr, Arthur Young (who had 

 been frequently named by the General in 

 our conversation) ; and that Mr. Young, 

 having learnt that he was in the mercantile 

 line, and was possessed of much land, had 

 said he thought he was a great fool to be a 



