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than the consequence of France having 

 aclo])ted better management. Bat I con- 

 sider it otlierwise : tJie failure of our crops 

 is not front any such casualty ; it is from 

 the neglected state of our fruit trees alto- 

 gether. During the late arduous struggle 

 in which this country has been engaged, 

 from the interrupted state of the world 

 by war, our articles of common consump- 

 tion have necessarily increased in value, 

 as well from the quantity in demand, 

 as from the want of the usual import- 

 ation, and, also not a little from the waste 

 attending the supply of our army and 

 navy abroad. 



allotted to human life does not allow of a com- 

 parison in this way, with the long data of four thou- 

 sand years. 



Is it not, therefore, a wonder that such change 

 should have been left for the present age to dis- 

 cover ; our forefathers, who have been remarked 

 for studying convenience, have not been noticed 

 to change their cloathing, for if we compare the 

 costume of the present and late ages with the dresses 

 of former times, although we find it difFercntly cut 

 in fashion and shape, yet it does not appear to have 

 been less calculated to resist the cold. 



