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Were none allowed to deal in cattle but 

 thofe who had either grafs, or other proven- 

 der to fatten them with, the profit would be 

 divided betwixt the rearer, feeder, and con- 

 fumer. 



When cattle are felling high, how many 

 thoufands are employed in tms couping^ or 

 dealing in cattle ? And how often do we fee 

 a farmer's fervant, as fopn as he has been a- 

 ble to fave twenty pounds, fet up for him- 

 felf, and commence dealer in cattle, going 

 from fair to fair in queft of gain ? This may 

 very properly be called the fchool of vice. 

 Here they learn to lie, curfe and fwear, drink, 

 cheat, &c. Some new laws would perhaps 

 be requilite, in order to keep thefe people 

 within due bounds ; or, if the prefent laws 

 againfl foreftalling and regrating were ftricT:- 

 Iy put in execution, perhaps they might be 

 found fufficient. 



How many are there who make a monopo- 

 ly of fome kinds of filh ; and rather than fell 

 them at a fmall profit at home, fend them 

 to London ? To keep up the market, throw 

 them into the river Thames, when the price 

 ir> low ? But it is evident, that wherever fifti 



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