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pofed to contain two millions of inhabitants 

 each. 



The ftrength of this country would evi- 

 dently be increafed by lending forth colo- 

 nies ; as fuch immenfe population could well 

 fpare the emigrants, afford fufficient force to 

 defend them ; and thofe who remained, by 

 having more room, would be able to fubfift 

 more comfortably. 



It is needlefs to adduce more examples, in 

 order to prove, how much the encourage* 

 ment of agriculture promotes the real inte- 

 reft of a nation. By application to this mod 

 ufeful art, not only the population is increafed 

 to an incredible degree, but the wealth is 

 augmented in equal proportion. 



Few nations, in this or any other age, have 

 paid that attention to agriculture which it 

 deierves. The Chinefe, in the prefent age are 

 almoft the only exception. In that country, 

 agriculture is carried to the greateft perfec- 

 tion that perhaps the nature of the foil will 

 permit : And as their hills are cultivated to 

 the very top, it is moft reafonable to think, 

 that this is dqne by means of the fpade, and 

 the bare rocks covered with earth. The con- 



fequence 



