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 of France cannot well be thought of, with- 

 out fome reflexions arifmg on the compari- 

 ibn with England, which is fo much dearer ; 

 yet it is a certain fadl, that more foreigners 

 refort to England than to France. Is not 

 this furprifing ? It cannot be the liberty of 

 England that attracts low people : they are 

 DO judges of it. Great numbers of French- 

 men, in the lowed circumftances, go to 

 England; moft certainly not on account of 

 the government : they do not philofophize 

 enough for that. I can attribute it to no- 

 thing but national wealth. Men will fly 

 to countries where money is plentiful, al- 

 moft as naturally as the needle to the north : 

 it matters not telling them that every thing 

 Is fo dear in rich countries, that 6d. a day at 

 their homes, is as much as i s. abroad. It 

 is not that they cannot, but they will not, 

 comprehend this : they think, that, where- 

 there is fo much money ftirring, fome of it 

 muft come to their mare; whereas, by 

 fraying at home, they are fure of getting 

 nothing but their old pay, And this, I think, 

 is a firong reafon againft thpfe who urge the 

 danger of England Icfing her manufacturers 

 from the high prices of the neceffaries of 



life. 



