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fitable. An acre will, according to the price 

 of tobacco, make from thirty to fifty pounds* 

 Tobacco, cotton, Indian corn, and rice, 

 which are the natural produce of the coun- 

 try, are said in America to have spoiled the 

 land ; but that is not the cause; it never was 

 good for any thing, except for these crops, 

 and a crop of wheat, rye, or oats, after 

 them : after which some of it is never worth 

 cropping again : nor is there a man who 

 has made himself or family worth any thing 

 except by planting. Sending convicts to 

 America, enabled the farmers and planters 

 to cultivate their land much cheaper than 

 could be done in any other country, or than 

 they now do by negroes. It was a very 

 great emolument to them. The convicts 

 were sold to them at from eight to sixteen 

 pounds each, for six years ; and now they 

 give one hundred pounds a year to a white 

 man, who is not so serviceable. He does 

 nothing but ride a horse, and look after the 

 negroes; and no white man is to be had for 

 less, as a negro-driver, than from fifty to 

 one hundred pounds per year. Only look 



