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attend a committee of the Commons, afterwards be 

 fworn at the bar of the Lords, and attend their 

 committee alfo : and as thefe attendances are often 

 at intervals confiderably diftant from each other, 

 the evidence mud all this time either be fupported 

 in town, at a great ex pence, or make three or four 

 journies ; and as this fort of evidence is generally- 

 given by profcfiional men whofe time is valuable, 

 thefe delays are very inconvenient, and frequently 

 operate fo powerfully upon the minds of people, 

 that many an inclofure is pafTcd over which would 

 otherwife be effected. This in a great mcafure 

 will account for lb many of our commons and 

 common fields having remained fo long in their 

 prefent Hate. In making thefe remarks, it is not 

 my meaning to call reflections upon any quarter, 

 but to awaken the attention of the Legiflature and 

 the Board of Agriculture to the importance of the 

 fubjecl, that all pofhble encouragement may be 

 given to the honeft enterprife of individuals; for 

 all improvements in Agriculture, which carry great 

 weight, and i« the end become national objects, 

 mufl.be effected by the individual, becaufc it muft 

 be the multitude that cultivate the hidden corners 

 of the earth, and "out of a little make a mickie". 

 Any thing which Government could do in a pecu- 

 niary way, by encouraging a few perfons in a local 

 foliation, will never operate fo extensively aa the 

 natural exertions ol the public : doubtlefs Govern- 

 ment will give the individual aH the afliftancc it 



can. 



