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acquainted with its powers. But as fpeculations 

 of this fort may be new to many perfons who may 

 peTufe thefe remarks, I fhali endeavour to explain 

 through what channels this great abundance fwclls 

 to fuch a head, that imitation may fecure the lame 

 advantages, where congeniality of circumflances 

 will admit of it. 



In a good corn year, when there is a free expor- 

 tation, it has been faid, that the four Norfolk ports 

 export as much corn as all the reft of England; 

 which I believe to be true, for it is feldom lets 

 than a million fterling in value, and often more ; 

 and though lome of the corn comes down the 

 Waveney out of Suffolk, and fome down the 

 Ouze from two or three of the midland counties, 

 this addiiion feldom bears the proportion of more 

 than an eighth part of the Yarmouth export, and a 

 third of the Lynn, which is not more than a 

 tenth upon the whole. 



The following is the nearefl calculation I can 

 make of the ulual excels of corn, and other 

 articles of provifion, fent yearly out of the 

 county, after referving not only a fufficiency for 

 its people employed in agriculture, but for fifty 

 thoufand home manufacturers, and fix thoufand 

 feamen. 



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