SECTION II. 



The comparative advantages of agriculture to 

 trade and commerce , exemplified from the hi/ 1 

 tory of various nations, in different ages of 

 the 'world. 



HP HOUGH, fromfome accidental caufes, 

 A , it has been, for a long time paft, the 

 ufual practice of the inhabitants of this coun- 

 try, to view, in their utmoft magnitude, the 

 advantages arifing from trade and commerce, 

 as well as the difadvantages and inconveni- 

 encies arifing from attempts towards the im- 

 provement of agriculture ; yet, I am perfuad- 

 ed, that every perfon, who gives himfelf the 

 trouble of ferioufly considering what has been 

 delivered in the foregoing pages, will find 

 himfelf already convinced, that to improve 

 agriculture muft be the primary intereft, not 

 only of this, but of almoft every other nation 



in the world. 



That 



