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try is much against its improvement in 

 cultivation and produce. It must be well 

 known to every English farmer, that, if 

 England were all open fields, instead of 

 being inclosed in the manner it is, the pro- 

 duce would not be nearly so great, probably 

 not one half; nor could the sheep be kept in 

 so orderly a manner, or cattle, horses, &c. 

 be so cheaply, or regularly, fed. Indeed, 

 from every inference I can draw of the 

 produce of countries, where luxuries 

 abound, useful articles are not so congenial : 

 and, from my own observation, I find the 

 Frenchmen will buy the worst shambles 

 meat ; which shews they have been used to 

 it: at the same time the butchers allow that 

 the English will purchase only the best. 

 There is a remark, common with the but- 

 chers in America, that Englishmen always 

 buy the best meat, Frenchmen the worst, 

 and Dutchmen the cheapest. I therefore 

 conclude it is of much less consequence 

 that some art and pains should be 

 necessary to raise the luxuries, than 



