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land than in England, in this respect, that they have 

 produced a more intimate union between the two coun- 

 tries. The cheapness of transport, the quickness of com- 

 munication, and the doing away with a necessity for 

 agents for the sale of produce, have all contributed to 

 keep up prices in opposition to other lowering tenden- 

 cies ; and on this account the crisis of late years has 

 been much less felt in Scotland than in England. But 

 few complaints have found their way across the Tweed ; 

 both proprietors and farmers have put a good face on 

 the matter, and, in fact, they have suffered but little. 

 The great economy of the one, and the wise moderation 

 of the other, conjoined with energy on the part of both, 

 prepared the way for that which was completed by the 

 extension of markets. 



