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writer*, who has alfo endeavoured to awaken 

 the attention of mankind to the Tuperi or ad- 

 vantages of agriculture above manufacture,; 

 and commerce. 



P. 31. " The produce of the earth is the 

 natural revenue of every nation: It is a 

 benevolence, or free gift from God, as the 

 proper and immediate maintenance of his 

 " creatures ; and a thrifty management of it 

 " fettles the tempers of the people to an afFec- 

 tion for their rulers : It opens a credit with 

 foreign countries, and multiplies resources 

 to fupply every artificial want. It is the 

 " foul of commerce, and the fmew v s of au- 

 c thority. It preferved Rome, and fecured 

 Hiero in the poffeffion of Sicily. 

 P. 37. " Four years after Dioclefian had 

 " retired from the toils of government, to 

 enjoy the tranquility and eafe of a private 

 perfon, Gallerius warmly follicited him to 

 refume the throne; but Dioclefian, with a 

 : philofophical indifference, ftopt his impor- 

 tunities, by this fimple but fignificant in- 

 terrogation : " Did you fee, Gallerius, th 

 plants raifed with my own hands at Salo- 

 1 na?" Could language convey a ftrongcr 

 ' proof, that Dioclefian was better fatisfied 



" with 



* AS !cnJuTc <-orx/idcre<J, in a fcrics of lertcrs infcribrd to IMS, A 

 by \V. DonaiuA n, Efq. late fccretary to the governor of Jamaica. 



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