1 66 The Principles of Part IV. 



going to vote, he at once produced his 

 ruftic inftruments, of a greater fize than 

 common, larger oxen, and heavier ploughs ; 

 and added thefe remarkable words: Vene- 

 faiamea,Quzrites>h(Zcfunt; nee pojum r cobls 

 oftendere, aut in forum adducere y lucubra- 

 tions meas 3 vigilias^ et fudores. He was 

 unanimoufiy abfolved. 



THE good effects of ploughing depend 

 entirely on the drinefs of the ground: for 

 if it is wet, the ground is confolidated in- 

 ftead of being opened 3 and remains in that 

 ufelefs ftate till the next winter's froft loofens 

 it again. None but dry bodies can be re- 

 duced to a powder. 



THE farmer mufl open the ground as 

 deep as the roots of his corn penetrate, that 

 they may find an eafy paffage : and yet he 

 muft take care not to go below the foil in 

 ploughing, elfe he will bury what has been 

 benefited by the air, and expofe to the air 

 what perhaps cannot. Hence the plough 



mufl 



