380 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 venue being railed by duties on confump- 

 tion, principally on the neceiTaries of life. 



1. s. d. 



Of the above 28 9 o 



The King, in fome trivial pro- 

 vincial duties, of no account, 

 takes no more than i 6 o 



2 5 3 



The landlord takes, in rent 200 



Remains, for the fervants ex- 



pences 23 3 o 



Of this the expences make; 20 j o o 



Which, divided by five, gives, 

 for the annual profit per acre 

 made by the farmer o i o 7 



Which is a very different fyftem from what 

 is met with in France, where the King 

 takes fo enormous a proportion of the grofs 

 produce of the land, to the impoverishment 

 of the landlord, and the ruin of the farmer. 



Accord- 



