fold ratio^ it is fufficiently obvious, that the 

 riches and ftrength of the kingdom will be 

 equally increafed. Such a plan I have the ho- 

 nour to propofe to you in the following trea- 

 tife. And permit me to aflure you, that it 

 is not the fruit of clofet fpeculation, but the 

 offspring of real practice, and long experi- 

 ence. 



The prefent period is peculiarly favourable 

 to the moft enlarged fchemes of national im- 

 provements. Providence has favoured us with 

 univerfal peace. By the wifdom of his Ma- 

 jefty's councils we are bleffed with an unani- 

 mity to which we have long been ftrangers ; 

 and a liberal and enlightened fpirit is diffufed 

 through the nation. 



At fuch a period, may it not be expeded, 

 that you will turn your thoughts to the too 

 much neglected fcience of agriculture. If a 

 well-digefted plan were authorifed by the le- 

 giflature, compelling the cultivation of wafte 

 lands, and encouraging a rational fyftem of 

 hufbandry throughout the ifland, its fuccefs 

 would probably anfwer the moft fanguine 

 expe&ationsthat could be formed. 



The name of PITT was once rendered il- 

 luftrious, by direding the thunders of Bri- 

 tain 



