FRANCE. 329 

 1. s. d. 



Brought over 9 14 o 



4. Maiz, 3 loads of hay, at 2os. 300 

 Turneps fed on the land o 15 o 



5. Barley, 3 quarters an acre, at 



I2S. I 16 O 



Glover fed on the land 080 



15 13 o 

 Or, per year 3*7 



From tliis produce of above 3!. an acre, 

 they calculate that the farmer makes a nett 

 profit, for the fupport of himfelf and his 

 family, of 55. and that the King receives in 

 taxes more than double of what the land- 

 lord does for rent. 



The product of the foil in this climate is 

 furprifmgly great, if valued according to the 

 rates of England. Since I returned from 

 thefe travels, I got a friend at London to 

 write down what thefe crops would, at 

 the fame time, have fold for in England, 

 which was as follows : 



Barley 



