358 ROAD HORSES. 



By way of prelude to the instructions I 

 conceive requisite to form the mind of 

 every young and inexperienced traveller, 

 it cannot be considered inapplicable to 

 strengthen the inculcation by a short re- 

 cital of an introductoi*y fact that not long 

 since occurred in the neighbourhood of my 

 present residence, where a farmer enjoyed 

 his moiety of land at a very easy rent, under 

 an excellent landlord, and no immoderate 

 oppression from parochial taxes ; and though 

 he was universally known to be an honest, 

 industrious man, yet repeated harvests pro- 

 duced nothing but additional deficiencies: in 

 short circumstances became annually more 

 and more contracted, till dire necessity 

 compelled him to relinquish both land and 

 habitation, without having it in his power to 

 accuse Providence of severity, or himself 



of NEGLECT. 



He was soon succeeded, at an advanced 

 rent, by a man who was equally honest, 

 sober, and industrious with himself; who 

 continued plodding on under the happy 

 consolation of finding every harvest produce 

 additional gain and accumulation of profit. 



