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American has been inclined to regard the possession of land 

 as of secondary importance to his welfare, so long as a suf- 

 ficiency of the world's goods of other description were within 

 his roach. Our lands are cheaply won, and far too cheaply 

 valued; not in dollars and cents, but in thoir importance, as 

 constituting that attachment which every good citizen should 

 cherish toward the soil of his country. Hence the due 

 improvement of the soil has been underrated, and as a matter 

 of course, neglected. Let the subject be better understood. 

 Lot every man who has position in the community in which 

 he dwells, be his profession or calling what it may, turn a 

 part of his attention to the soil and its improvement, and he 

 will add not only to his pleasurco and his amusements, but 

 ho will become a wiser man, and a better member of society, 

 and a more patriotic citizen. 



Wo part with our instructive author with unfeigned regret. 

 His concluding chapter, in the deep feeling it evinces in its 

 subject, and his admirable commentary upon the state policy 

 of England is, to his own countrymen, by far the most valu- 

 able of all which he has written EDITOR. 



HORSE SHOE TILE. 



4 Jin. $18 per 1000 

 3J " 15 " " 

 2J " 12 " * 



3 in. $18 per 1000 



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