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country, the man who is unfuccefsful, for one fea- 

 fon only, is undone. 



If this reprefentation be jufl ; if the endlefs dif- 

 trefles of thefe our countrymen and fellow fubjecls, 

 can imprefs the minds of a great, a juft, and a 

 generous nation, this bufincfs will be taken into 

 confideration, and fuch meafures adopted as may 

 induce that ufeful clafs of men to remain in their 

 native country, with comfort to themftlves, and 

 gain to the flate. 



For this pvrpofe, various proportions have been 

 fuggefted, fuited to the fancies, the partialities, or 

 the interefted views of fpecnlative men, whofe 

 knowledge of the country and people, of the exift- 

 ing evils, the fprings from whence they proceed, 

 and the means of effectual remedies, is too fuper- 

 ficial to merit attention. 



Some have propofed to give boats and netting to 

 the young men, wherewith to begin the world ; a 

 plan totally inadequate to the great objects pro- 

 pofed by government, and which, at beft, would 

 only give a temporary fpurt to induihy. Should the 

 boat and netting be loft, or greatly damaged, the 

 natives would find themfelves in their original fitua- 

 tion, unlefs government were to repair the injuries 

 fuftained from time to time, and repeat their dona- 

 tions ad infnitum. Were this method to be adopted, 

 it would be neceflary to have a number of boats al- 

 ways ready at a call, and others on the flocks; with 

 complete fets of nets, rigging, anchors, &c. to be 

 delivered at the difcretion of perfons in the fervice 

 of government, fuppcrted at a very great expence, 

 and liable to bribery, or collufion. 



Another method hath been propofed, with confi- 

 derable appearances of equity and efficacy, but 

 which, in the experiment, will be found imprafti cable 

 and fallacious. This is, to give a bounty, not on 

 tonnage, but on the herrings taken, at the rate of 4 

 fhiilings per barrel, which, it is fuppofed, would 



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