1^6 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



" to what a fet of ufelefs beings are fuch numbers thus re- 

 " duced. In the article of morality, it is to be wifhed, that 

 *« the truth of the following faft would be doubted, but the 

 " account has been publifhed and never contradi&ed : that, 

 " upon an enquiry made into the Mate of the workhoufes at 

 •* Norwich, a few years ago, there were found three or four 

 " perfons, of different fexes, lodged under the fame blanket, 

 " men, women, and children, promifcuoufly affociating to- 

 ** gether. Many other fimilar infhances can be produced, 

 " but thefe, and the other evils attendant on thefe cftablifh- 

 " ments, will probably be thefubje£l of a future publication." 



(b) From Mr, James : — " If poor houfes are grievous things 

 *' in the eyes of the poor, I am apprehenfive, it proceeds only 

 * c from their mifmanagement. Extreme poor, fuch as entitles 

 *' a man to afiiftance, proceeds from feveral caufes, from in- 

 *« ability for labour, through ficknefs or age, unwillingnefs, 

 *' through an idle profligate difpofition, and, fometimes, from 

 *' the want of opportunity : it never was intended that thefe 

 «« three claffes fhould be blended together ; if I am not mif- 

 *' taken, poor houfes were inftituted with a view to be an afy- 

 *■ lum for helplefs infancy and age, to furnifh means of reco- 

 ■« very to the fick, and employment to thpfe who are willing to 

 *« work, but, from want of opportunity, are unable to fup- 

 ■• port themfelves — but for what reafon fhould the profligate 

 «« and indolent be introduced, furely they are not fit inhabi- 

 «' tants for an houfe of induftry, the houfe of correftion 

 •' would, I conceive, be, by far, a more proper place ; at 

 «' any rate, they fliould be kept apart, for as a general infec- 

 ■* tion is ever occafioned by a particular one, fo one licen- 

 * c tious character is often the means of fubftituting diforder 

 ■« and confufion, in the room of order and regularity. Com- 

 " pulfion is not congenial to the mind of man ; encourage- 

 *' ment ought ever to be preferred to force ; this I advance 

 '** as a general rule, but, like every other, it is not without its 

 "exception, for I mull confefs there are fome which are 



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