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chasing capitalist. He goes to a country where the 

 imperial resources of a great state have been lavishly 

 expended, in opening up excellent roads in all parts of 

 the country, and in laying dry, by arterial drainage, the 

 low-lying lands which individual effort could not have 

 coped with. In short, he would have little more to do 

 than to confine himself to the improvement of his own 

 estate, as he would find all those channels already pro- 

 vided by the care of Government, which in other coun- 

 tries have been the slow growth of years. 



