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clocks, watches, porcelain, glass, tapestry, &c. ; and 

 workshops for every description of material on the 

 excellence of which may depend the efficiency of 

 the public service. Much may he said, it is true, 

 on the comparative merits of different systems in 

 regard to the latter ; but, at present, we will 

 not interrupt the course of our illustration, but 

 continue to accompany the progress of our proprietor, 

 in his praiseworthy exertions for the improvement 

 of his estate. 



But, if Jones would have no scruples about under- 

 taking business transactions, on the score of dignity, 

 it is more than probable that he would desire to 

 refrain, as much as possible, from interfering in 

 these transactions, from a well grounded belief that 

 such a course would have a tendency to dwarf the 

 intellects, and paralyse the energies of his tenantry, 

 the thews and sinews from which he derived hts 

 strength the main source of all his wealth. If 

 Jones, then, were a man of sound judgement, he 

 would abandon any short-sighted notions he might 

 have had, of looking, ultimately, to profits derived 

 from these sources, as a legitimate means of recruit- 

 ing his own finances, or of improving his estate. 

 His object would rather be to hold such property 

 in trust until the intellects and energies of his 



jnantry were so far developed, that they would be 

 qualified for relieving him of this duty, using the 

 surplus profits iu the interim, to supplement the 



