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as it may appear. We are all careful of 

 our horfes, nay of our dogs, which are lefs 

 valuable animals; we bellow confider- 

 able attention upon our ftables and ken- 

 nels, but we are apt to look upon cot- 

 tages as incumbrances, and clogs to our 

 property ; when, in fadl, thofe who oc- 

 cupy them are the very nerves and fi- 

 news of agriculture. Nay, I will be 

 bold to aver, that more real advantages 

 flow from cottages, than from any other 

 fource ; for befides their great utility to 

 landed property, they are the greatefl 

 fupport to the flate, as being the mofl 

 prolific cradles of population. 



Cottagers are indifputably the mofl 

 beneficial race of people we have ; they 

 are bred up in greater fimplicity, live 

 more primitive lives, more free from 

 vice and debauchery, than any other fet 

 of men of the lower clafs ; and are befl 



formed. 



