78 RUKAL ECONOMY OF ENGLAND. 



Providence, treated so shamefully by men ! " He might 

 speak differently now, or, at least, he could speak thus only 

 of the most backward portions of our territory. We could 

 show him whole provinces almost as well cultivated as 

 his own dear England, and everywhere the elements of 

 progress ready to spring up. If the greater number 

 still only vegetate, it is owing to the absence of favour- 

 able circumstances. 



Unfortunately, before arriving at a full explication of 

 the facts, we require to enter into some further statistics 

 of detail dry, no doubt, but necessary nevertheless ; the 

 next chapter will finish what we have to say on this 

 subject. 



