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City of London, that of it's being a preventive 

 of pestilence and the plague, from the cir- 

 cumstance of it's making cleanliness a mat- 

 ter of profit in this immense f metropolis, 

 from whence the soil is so carefully removed 



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to manure the ground occupied by gardeners 



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in the environs, which are now^ calculated 

 to exceed six thousand acres within twelve 

 miles of London, that are constantly culti- 

 vated for the supply of the markets with 

 fruit anid vegetables. 



Stevenson informs us, that 3,500 acres 

 of ground in Surry alone are employed as 

 market gardens; and Middleton observes, 

 that from Kensington to Twickenham, the 



land on both sides of the road for seven 



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miles composes the great fruit gardens, north 

 of the Thames, for the supply of the London 

 market. It is gratifying to see the number of 

 hands this ground employs. Even during 



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the six winter months, it i$ computed 'that 

 it affords work to five persons an "acre, and 

 at least double that number for the summer 

 months, who are principally females; and 

 if we add porters, hawkers, &c. it will be 



