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existence of a population somewhat pro- 

 portionate to their size ! Certainly not ; 

 jbr the churches are of various sizes, 

 and, we sometimes see them very small 

 indeed. Let any man look at the sides 

 of the hills in these counties, and also in 

 Hampshire, where downs, or open lands, 

 prevail. He will there see, not only 

 that these hills were formerly cultivated ; 

 but, that banks, from distance to distance, 

 were made by the spade, in order to 

 form little flats for the plough to go with- 

 out tumbling the earth down the hill ; 

 so that the side of a hill looks, in some 

 sort, like the steps of a stairs. Was this 

 done without hands, and without moidhs 

 to consume the grain raised on the sides 

 of these hills ? The Funding and Manu- 

 facturing and Commercial and Taxing 

 system has, by drawing wealth into great 

 masses, drawn men also into great masses. 

 London, the Manufacturing Places, Bath 

 and other places of dissipation, have, 

 indeed, w^onderfuily increased in popula- 

 tion. Country seats. Parks, Pleasure 

 gardens, have, in alike degree, increased 

 in number and extent. And, in just the 

 same proportion has been the i ^crease of 

 Poor-houses, Mad-houses and Jails. But, 

 the people of England, such as Fortescue 

 described them, have been swept away 

 by the ruthless hand of the Aristocracy, 

 who, making their approaches by slow 

 degrees, have, at last, got into their grasp 

 the substance of the whole country. 

 Feb. 17. Frost, not very hard. Went back to Har- 

 risburgh. 

 18. Same weather. Very fine. Warm in the 

 middle of the day. 



