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ration to that forethought and circumspection 

 which they generally maintain after they attain 

 to maturity. The labourer again has always 

 his work contiguous to him, he diets at his 

 own table with his wife and family, takes 

 a delight in the retirement of his cottage and 

 the produce of his garden ; and becomes in- 

 variably interested in the prosperity of every- 

 thing around him, whether belonging to himself, 

 his fellow-labourers and cottagers, or to his 

 employer. 



There is obviously here a wide field of indus- 

 try for English landlords to cultivate and im- 

 prove. The village system must be done away 

 with, and comfortable cottages with gardens 

 attached erected upon every farm for the ac- 

 commodation of a suitable number of labourers. 



In this country the system of taskwork is 

 more generally adhered to than in the north ; 

 which no doubt arises from the difference in 

 the character of the relation between master 

 and servant above alluded to. The adoption 

 of taskwork, however, would not necessarily 

 change the principle of that relation, but on the 

 contrary would rather give a more durable 

 character to it. In point of fact, the principle 

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