iiiu every quarter of the globe, and hum- 

 bling her proudeft enemies. But if to give 

 bread to millions, and fow the feeds of plen- 

 ty for future generations, is more laudable 

 than the definition of our enemies, that 

 name may ftill rife higher in glory, if you 

 become the patron of agriculture. 



Allow me to add, that if the enormous load 

 of national debt with which we are burden- 

 ed, is to receive any confiderable reduction, 

 the principal fource from which the funds 

 muft be drawn, is not the riches of Hindof- 

 tan, nor even manufactures and commerce at 

 large, but the arable fields of Britain. 



Should any thing fuggefted in this publi- 

 cation afford the fmalleft afliftance towards 

 the eiFeaing thefe important purpofes, it will 

 fully fatisfy the ambition of, 



S I R, 



Your moft obedient, 



and very humble fervant, 

 EDINBURGH, 7 

 May 22. 1788.3 



DAVID YOUNG. 



