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plenty of plain things, with a bottle of good port 

 after dinner, and at least a hogshead of it in his 

 cellar. The bailiff, if one be kept, dining always 

 at table: a wise regulation, for he may learn some- 

 thing, and he is sure to be put more upon principles 

 of honour and honesty: if he herd only with ser- 

 vants he will partake their nature and feelings : 

 living with his master, he will receive better im- 

 pressions. Attendance, never any thing but a maid : 

 this I consider as one of the lines of separation be- 

 tween different classes of people : the farmer is to 

 have every thing that yields comfort: those who 

 choose to give up that enjoyment for liveries, or 

 show of any kind, arrange themselves with another 

 order of mortals : no farmer who is wise, will ever 

 make the experiment of a change, for he gives so- 

 lidity for moonshine. On his shelf, some books of 

 piety and common literature : the Annals of Agri- 

 culture not there so often as they ought to be. In 

 the stable, a good nag for his own riding, but not 

 good enough for hunting ; a recreation too com- 

 mon, but not to be approved, as it is apt to lead 

 Into a dissipated, idle, drinking, expensive life. 

 The expence of the horse, and the time for the 

 chace, are not, perhaps, very material ; but the 

 consequences are uncertain, and sometirpes bad. 

 The only country amusement allowable is shooting: 

 and when game is made property, which common 

 sense and general right has long called for, he 

 may, by hiring it of his landlord with the Ignd that 

 feeds it, enjoy ihis pleasure without any impro- 

 priety. 



