SITUATIONS. 17 



SECTION III. 



Banks or Vicinage of Navigable Rwers t Canals, Kc. 



UNDER this head is comprehended all 

 that is desirable for the Planter's purpose, 

 If the scite is favourable, and the soil con- 

 genial, and if there are steeps untillable 

 by the plough, which accompany the river, 

 &c. in an extensive range, to what other pur- 

 pose can they be appropriated with such ad- 

 vantage? Rich, and thrice happy may the 

 owner of this tract esteem himself! Here 

 is a ready conveyance for the commodity, 

 and a ready conveyance will ever make a 

 ready market. Of whatever nature his soil 

 be, he also has it in his power to avail him- 

 self, by cultivating the kinds best adapted to 

 it. The limited demand of a narrow neigh- 

 bourhood, and for certain kinds, make no 

 part of his cares. 



He has a nobler object in view ! Pror 

 viding a supply of timber for keeping in re- 

 pair the present, and erecting other wooden 

 walls. The natural, the most invulnerable 



