324 TRAVELS THROUGH 



I. s. d. 



English farmer 366 



Suppofe he lives upon 9$. an acre, 



it makes 250 



He then, in five years, has to ex- 

 pend upon his land for every 

 acre 6 i 6 



It is, therefore, extremely evident, that 

 the Englifh farmer gains, befides his 

 8J. 6s. 6d. a compound intereft on the fifth 

 of 61. 6d. and this intereft will probably 

 amount to 40 or 50 per cent, as the profit 

 on it is not to be reckoned by that of the 

 grofs of his farm, fince there are no general 

 expences on additional one of manure : the 

 crop would be gained without the manure 

 at as high an expence, in all other refpefts, 

 as if ever fo much was Ipread on the land. 



The fame farmer, who gave us the above 

 account, did not feem to be fo much ftruck 

 with the heavinefs of his taille and capita- 

 tion, as with a want of money, for, being 

 a better farmer, even under that weight. 

 But the payment of the tax had become as 



habitual 



