I clefcribe in it may make, if he acts con- 

 fiftently with his fituation, and as a good 

 hufbandman. When I fuppofe him to work 

 hard all the year, he may, it is true, be idle 

 half his time, but fuch variations are rather 

 thofe of reality from my calculations, than 

 of my calculatiqns from reality, I ftate 

 what he ought to do, and what he muft do, 

 if he would grow rich ; his not doing it is 

 his fault, not my error. It would be abfurd 

 to form variations to particular, and thofe 

 vicious, exceptions. 



Now if I was to calculate for the gentle- 

 man and the farmer upon the fame prin- 

 ciples, it would be acting contrary to all 

 thefe ideas ; for, in fome inftances, I fhould 

 ftate a profit impoffible for a gentleman to 

 arrive at ; and, in others, fuch a balance as 

 not one farmer in a thoufand would ever fee 

 at the bottom of his accounts. 



Gentlemen and farmers have, in huf- 

 bandry, peculiar advantages and difadvan- 

 tages, which muft never be confounded, if 

 we would preferve a clear and accurate 

 idea of the whole fubject. 



Before I endeavour to ftate thefe diftinc- 

 tions, it will be necefTary juft to explain 



my 



