c with his vegetable dominion, where all his 

 " fubje&s were governed by one principle of 

 " aftion, and diredled to the end for which 

 " they were defigned, than with the empire 

 " he had quitted ; where, from the depra- 

 " vity of human nature, nothing but difap- 

 " pointments could be expe&ed," 



P. 38. " Thus, upon a curfory review of 

 u the ftate of agriculture, through different 

 " ages, from the earlieft time, we find it a 

 " favourite fcience with men of the moft 

 " fublime and accomplished virtue in all na- 

 " tions. It was a relaxation from the toils of 

 " war,and the feverer ftudy of epic magni- 

 " ficence. An attention to hufbandry is a 

 w compliance with the inclination of God : 

 " For the produce of the earth is interpreta- 

 " tively an intimation from the Almighty to 

 " cultivate it ; and by making the moft of 



his bounty, we not only eftimate its value, 



but manifeft our gratitude for his paternal 



indulgence." 



P. 74. " Commerce enriched the nation, 

 " but wafted its inhabitants : the country 

 " was drained of its moft ufeful people, to 

 " furnifh cities and towns : London, in par- 

 V : ticular, tumified to an alarming fize, by 



"the 



