

a depth to do the work effectually. For, 

 " Ihould they chance to dip to a bed of gra- 

 " vel they have done wonders, and there 

 " they flop ; for their fpades and u mud- 

 " crooms" can go no farther* " 



The ftate of Norfolk is miferable indeed. 

 If the farmers continue this practice of hav- 

 ing fo much land in cornj and neglecfling to 

 fow grafs, the country muft, in a few years, 

 be unavoidably ruined. 



And if Norfolk, one of the moft improved 

 counties in England, is failing in its produce, 

 what muft be the Situation of lefs improved 

 Counties ? 



Another more conclusive argument, that 

 the produce of Britain is decreafed, is, the 

 diminution, or rather total abolition of ex- 

 portation of corn, and the fubftitution of 

 importation in its place. 



But that which carries along with it the 

 greateft conviction is, the increafed price of 

 provisions, at the fame time that the far- 

 mers, fo far from being enriched, are appa- 

 rently much poorer than before. In fome 

 parts of the country, indeed, where they arc 

 carrying on improvements in a proper man- 

 ner, the farmers ftill continue to make rich $ 



yet 



