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here, we presume, his conchision is erro- 

 neous ; because it cannot be shewn, either 

 that any considerable portion of Land is 

 naw devoted to Agriculture, which previ- 

 ously produced Timber, or tliat the arti- 

 cle is now worse attended to than former- 

 ly ; nor does it appear that any consider- 

 able part of agricultural implements is 

 made of Oak ; nor that Agriculture has 

 so engrossed the labouring part of the 

 communit}^ that less of the article has 

 been planted in the late than former ages: 

 and, therefore, it is evident the scarcity 

 is not to be imputed to our " Agricultural 

 Greatness." 



The fact seems to be this : — there has 

 been no material increase in Planting it, 

 (certainly no improved general manage- 

 ment has been Jidopted) within the last 

 1.50 years; in which time, it is iiidis])u- 

 table, that we have increased prodigiously 

 in Naval, Commercial, and Manufacturing 

 Greatness; all of which occasion con- 

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