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man ; which will be forty-two from the 

 three hundred and thirty-six pounds. There 

 will then be a balance of five hundred and 

 forty-six pounds profit. This crop makes 

 it appear that a man may live from the pro- 

 duce with care : but, from what is termed 

 English farming, it would ruin any man in 

 the world. General Washington persevered 

 in it ; the present president Mr. Jefferson, 

 General Stone, Mr. Gibson, the governor 

 of Maryland's son-in-law I have heard 

 all these gentlemen say they have tried it, 

 and it will not do. But, as soon as I saw 

 the land, I wanted no information on that 

 head. It is a planting country, and will 

 no more rival the English landed property, 

 then the lands in the West Indies : nor is an 

 English farmer any more calculated for the 

 American soil and climate, than a race- 

 horse to draw a stage-waggon ; and when 

 they get there they are the laughter of the 

 inhabitants. When I first saw the coun- 

 try, I could not imagine what the land was 

 good for; and, until I made this cal- 

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