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they not be fo often viewed: A walk at 

 home examines fomething, from the mo* 

 jnent a man leaves his houfe ; but when hd 

 has to crofs land indifferent to him, his dif- 

 jointed fields will not have an equal fhare 

 of his attention ; and every one knows the 

 proverb of the Mqfter^s eye^ &c. 



II. All the operations of ploughing* 

 harrowing, rolling, &c. &c. are performed 

 with an encreafe of expence; the going 

 and coming waftes time by degrees, and, 

 in the period of a long leafe, amounts to a 

 fum that would furprife one who never 

 thought of the matter. Add to this, fuch 

 fields cannot be manured but at an expence 

 of double the reft of the farm, confequently 

 they will never have any advantage of that 

 fort. They could never have any amend- 

 ment at all, unlefs they lay upon a bed of 

 marie, chalk, or clay, which the farmer 

 had fpirit enough to dig for, or folded with 

 fheep. But then it is natural for a man 

 to like to have fuch improvements, where 

 he can enjoy the view without a walk or 

 ride through other mens grounds: Befides, 

 there are thoufands of fields of this fort 

 where no fuch manure is to be had. 



VOL. I. G III. Aa~ 



