The ftrong idea I have of the truth of 

 thefe reflexions, makes me confident that 

 I am far under the mark. 



Again, if the farmer has fervants, they 

 eat and drink with him, nor is it in their 

 power to wafte any thing, while all is un- 

 der his or his wife's eye ; nor can they 

 carry out his victuals, to fell it to the la- 

 bourers. How ftands this cafe with the 

 gentleman ? He boards his men at full i oo 

 per cent, dearer than the farmer. If his 

 men are honeft, they will not cheat him in 

 the fmall matters of the kitchen ; but 

 does he not depend, for this, on their ho- 

 nefty ? What is the fituation of him who 

 depends on the honefty of others ? Not 

 that of the farmer I have ftated. 



But thefe, cries a gentleman, are trifles 

 not worth conlidering ; if farming is able 

 to do any thing, it will furely overbalance 

 fuch matters as thefe. Very true ; gen- 

 tlemen do think them trifles ; but if they 

 weigh their farming purfe at the end of the 

 year, they will find even fuch trifles have a 

 wonderful efficacy in lightening it. They 

 may be trifles, compared to the whole a- 



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