TO THE 

 RIGHT HONOURABLE 



WILLIAM PITT, 



FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE 

 TREASURY, &C. &C. 



S I R, 



np* H E truly patriotic charader which you 

 J[ have uniformly fupported, renders it 

 unneceffary for me to apologize, for preiiim- 

 ing, without permiflion, to offer to your con- 

 fideration, a fubjedl of the utmoft national 

 importance. 



That the ftrength of a nation confifts in 

 the number of the people, is an axiom in po- 

 litics ; and that the populoufnefs of any coun- 

 try can only be in proportion to the means of 

 fubfiftence, is a felf-evident truth. And 

 hence it follows., as an undeniable confe- 

 quence, that Agriculture is the principal 

 lource of national affluence and power. 



If then a plan can be devifed by which the 

 produce of Britain may be increafed in a ten- 

 fold 



