284 Dire^ions for Kaifing Chap. 8. 



were he to fell them, would get 800 /. for 

 the Intereft, fuppofing the Principal 120 /. 

 Original, which it is not : As for the Ex- 

 pences in Sowing and Fencing, the Under- 

 wood fufficiently pays for that (and much 

 more than that) all the while : And 1 would 

 from this appeal to any Bank or Trade, whe- 

 ther any Perfon can lay out fo fmall a matter 

 of Money to fo great an Advantage, and 

 having befides the Pleafure of feeing thofe 

 bold Sons of ^ove advancing their Summits 

 towards the Skies, in a perfeft Emulation one 

 of another ? It feems to be the Glory and En- 

 deavour of the moft provident part of Men to 

 heap up Wealth for their Families ^ and fure 

 they cannot poflibly do it better than in this, 

 when perhaps for the laying out lOo/. their 

 Heirs will be repaid above fixty-fold, ev'n 

 60CO /. (exclufive of the Rent of the Ground) 

 A valuable Return for fo fmall an Ex- 

 pence. 



My next Confideration is, that healthful, ea- 

 iie, and cheap Diftribution of Time it affords, 

 which w^ould otherwife lie heavy on our 

 Hands. For as Man is an intelHgent, rational 

 Being, and has a Mind always in Adion, either 

 in that which is good or bad 5 how is it poffi- 

 ble he can employ his Thoughts and his 

 Hands better than in thefe bufic, innocent, 

 happy, and fucceflive Toils that follow each 

 other in the Pruning, Dreffing, and Ordering 

 of Nurferies, and other our Plantations? 

 This is excellently defcribed by Miltan^ when 



he 



