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the beft mode for all concerned, to determine the price 

 as foon as may be convenient, by which the labourer 

 will undertake his work at once with fpirit and ala- 

 crity, and the employer will be certain of having his 

 work done expeditioufly. 



I have often afcertained the object of my wifhes, by 

 placing a fteady labourer, for a few hours on/y, at a job 

 of labouring work, the fair price of which at firft view 

 appeared doubtful. A perfon may take out his watch 

 after he turns his back to a labourer, walk away, and 

 return again at a certain time, and thus be able to cal- 

 culate the fair price, that fhould be given. 



To enable tafk-labourers to carry on different kinds 

 of work with eafe and facility, fomething better than 

 the common fpade and /hovel, peculiar to the county, 

 is allowed to them. Ten pounds a year go a great 

 way in purchafing drain-tools, navigation-fhovels, pick- 

 axes, cafting-fcoops, &c. Without allowing labourers 

 implements properly calculated for different kinds of 

 tafk-work, complete execution cannot be expefted. 



Complete implements for labourers, ufually employed 

 in tafk-work, are always in readinefs at Rafh, to be 

 given out to them occafionally ; and, in order to pre- 

 vent thofe tools from being loft, or otherwife difpofed 

 of, fevere fines are inflicted, generally double the value 

 of the article; bccaufe, if only the value of it was 

 charged, the labourer would fuffer nothing by felling 

 it at the fame price. 



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