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ed, made the difference of above two millions 

 to Britain ; much of which was faid to be of 

 fuch a bad quality, that thofe who ufed it 

 fell into lingering difeafes. Such alfo was 

 the wretched ftate of the country at that 

 time, that had not peace been concluded, a 

 famine muft have enfued, and a great num- 

 ber in all probability would have periftied 

 with hunger. 



Let us confider, then, what would have 

 been the confequence of employing this fum 

 in a proper manner for the improvement of 

 the ground. We muft, then, in ordinary 

 feafons have had a very confiderable quanti- 

 ty to export, and, in all probability, the bad 

 Crop of 1782 would fcarce have been felt. 

 Nor would this have been hurting manufac- 

 tures in the leaft. The manufacturers arc 

 hurting themfelves by encouraging impor- 

 tation ; for it is taking away the very means 

 of improvement, as we know the ground 

 produces in proportion to the manure laid 

 on. But the obvious confequences of the in- 

 creafing price of provifions, if not remedied 

 in time, muft be, that our manufacturers 

 will not be able to fell their goods on the 



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