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cause (perhaps the only principal reason) of 

 the greatness and riches enjoyed by Great 

 Britain; whose inhabitants are thus pro- 

 vided, at the same time, with both food and 

 clothing. For want of sheep in the great- 

 est part of Cheshire and Lancashire, there 

 is more waste committed than any like 

 number of acres in America are worth. 

 How many thousands of fleeces are clipped 

 off the sheep in the county of Lincoln, and 

 sent into Yorkshire! and as the animal 

 arrives there at the same time, the man 

 who is working up the wool is perhaps 

 fed with the carcase. During the winter, 

 many thousands of these sheep are dunging 

 the land in turnip-fields, and preparing it 

 in such a manner for its crop as nothing 

 else could effect ; for it is out of the power 

 of man to do it without them. The farmer's 

 men and horses are employed in cultivat- 

 ing and preparing the land for its intended 

 crop ; which adds to the profit of the land 

 and health of the cultivator. 



But there are none ,of those advantages. 



