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by Sea and Land, to outdo the Dutch without fighting, to pay debts 

 without money, to set at work all the Poor of England with the growth 

 of our own lands." London, Printed by R. Everingham for the Author, 

 and are to be sold by T. Parkhurst at The Bible and Three Crowns in 

 Cheapside, and N. Simmons at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church- 

 yard. It is addressed to The Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Anglesey, 

 Lord Privy Seal, and to the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Plater, Knight, 

 Chamberlain of the City of London. A second address to the Right 

 Honourable Thomas Lord Windsor. A third address to my noble 

 patriots Sir Walter Kirtham Blount, Bart. ; Sir Samuel Baldwin, Sir 

 Timothy Baldwin, Knights ; Thomas Foley, Philip Foley, Esquires ; 

 Thomas Smith, Esquire ; Joseph Newbrook, Samuel Whyle, Nicholas 

 Baker, John Finch, Nicholas Harrison, Gents. The general purport of 

 this work is the making of canals and rivers navigable, so that home- 

 grown corn stored in various parts of the kingdom can be readily carried 

 from one part to another, and by such means wars between the Dutch 

 and ourselves Avould cease. Beyond the fact that he was a business 

 man, little is known of his lineage or social existence, but he was 

 certainly possessed of very extensive views and an enlarged 

 comprehension. 



A very interesting book is "The Account of Andrew Yarranton, the 

 founder of English Political Economy," by P. E. Dove. Edinburgh : 

 Printed by Johnstone and Hunter. 1854. 



JOHN WORLIDGE. 



1640-1700 {about). 



Literature was fast becoming the occupation of such leisure as could 

 be snatched from the practical affairs of the world, and in agricultural 

 matters the advance was no less pronounced than in the other sciences ; 

 and in this direction our present author gave to the community a book 

 which contains much more useful and enlightened observations than any 

 which had previously appeared. It was first produced in 1669, and 

 again in a third and greatly improved edition, from which my illustra- 

 tions on pages 117, 120 and 121 are taken. The work is addressed to 

 the gentry and yeomanry of England ; then comes a lengthy preface 

 showing the excellency, utility, and necessity of husbandry in all ages, 

 from which the following extract is taken : 



In several places in Germany whenever they fell a tree they always plant a young 

 one near the place, and no young farmer is permitted to marry a wife till he brings 

 proof that he hath planted and is a father of a stated number of trees. 



