4 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 Brought over, . 765 



And his general expences are, 

 Rent - . 147 



Taxes - 180 



Labour - - 210 

 Sundry expences 160 



697 



Remains for his profit - . 68 



This is befides the poor living which he 

 and his family gets out of the crops, &c. 5 

 and if, againft this, he fets the intereft he 

 pays for a part of his capital, the purchafe 

 ofcloathes, and pocket-expences, it is evi- 

 dent, that he muil always have but a fea- 

 ther between him and ruin. Nothing can 

 fupport a farmer in fuch a fituation, but un-? 

 common good crops : the man was chear- 

 ful, and did not feem to fear bad luck. 

 But it is evident from hence, that agricul- 

 ture can never raife its head in a country 

 where fuch a fyftem is purfued : for if this 

 matter is confidered in the light it ought to 

 be, which is, in a national view, here are 

 432 acres of good land, and a right of com- 

 monage, 



