for this purpofe, he has prefumed to offer fcis 

 opinion to thofe who are entruftecl with the 

 management of public affairs ; and has en- 

 deavoured to demonftrate, that no method of 

 raifing the wealth and pow er of any nation 

 can be compared with that of encouraging 

 agriculture. He has ftiewed, in the moft 

 clear and demonftrative manner, that this 

 muft far exceed every fcheme merely com- 

 mercial, whether foreign or domeftic ; nay t 

 that the only true way of encouraging ma- 

 nufadlures and commerce, is by giving en- 

 couragement to agriculture as their founda- 

 tion. He has taken the liberty to point out 

 feveral methods by which agriculture might, 

 with very little expence, receive fuch encou- 

 ragement from government, as would not 

 only amply repay the fum laid out at firft, 

 but bring in an immenfe revenue, impoffible 

 to be raifed in any other way. Many of his 

 plans are original, and the fubjedls handled 

 in a manner entirely new j though the Au- 

 thor can certainly declare, that they are not 

 the refults of mere theory, but moft of them 

 confirmed by his own obfervations, and the 

 experience of many years. 



To landholders in general he has pointed 



out 



