258 TRAVELS THROUGH 



Working oxen 46 



Young (leers 122 



Cows 75 



Heifers 3 2 



Sheep 300 



Mules 5 



Mares 2 



Swine 150 



and, at bufy times, many more hands of all 

 forts employed. All this might be called 

 a creation of fo much employment, popula- 

 tion, and valuables for the (late, as well as 

 myfelf. The village, from the regular em- 

 ployment I gave to new comers, increafed 

 in houfes prodigioufly. I affifted every one 

 with labour and cartage, who was defirous 

 of building a cottage, and to. every cottage 

 I inclofed a piece of land, befides giving the 

 inhabitant a liberty of turning a cow or two 

 on my unimproved land : and I am clear,, 

 from the experience I have already had, 

 that I (hall have my people increafe to the 

 full as fad as I can provide employment for 

 them. The flax and vines I planted in order 

 to increafe that labour which is beneficial 

 to large families of children, fo that they 

 might be able to earn fomething at every fea- 



fon. 



