Ifo THE PRACTICE OF TITE 



4 warm imagination, but founded on a feriei 

 *' of experiments and obfervations, made on 

 44 an extenfive fcale by the author, who in 

 44 numbers of inftances could confirm his 

 " doctrine by his practice* and produce the 

 44 cleared evidence that thofe improvements 

 44 are capable of being carried much higher, 

 44 and to much greater advantage, on the 

 44 author's principles, &c. by the fame means 

 h6 ufed." 



P. 47. " My idea of improvement does 

 " not only comprehend the increafed value of 

 44 the thing to be improved, but that the im- 

 " provement be more than equivalent to the 

 44 expence which attends the obtaining it. 

 44 For I can have no idea of any thing being 

 44 an improvement which is attended with 

 44 lols. Suppofe a gentleman poflefied of an 

 44 eftate of 500!. per annum, and that he has 

 44 locol. in the flocks, which brings him 

 * 4 ~4ol. per 'annum. Should he convert his 

 44 flock into money, and expend the fame in 

 44 improving his eftate, which when effected 

 44 only produced 30!. per annum; this fare ly 

 " could never be thought an improvement. 

 44 But mould the expending the icool. add 

 44 -ool. per annum to the value, it might 

 * 4 then with great propriety be called an im- 

 46 provement. And with refpeet to the tenant; 

 44 iuppoling in his farm he has 100 acres of 

 46 land, which are considered as little better 

 4t than wafle, and not valued to him at more 



44 than 



