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8. Provident Societies, or Box 

 Clubs. Thefe valuable inftltutlons were 

 introduced into this Diftricl, about thirty 

 years ago. In Taviilock and its neigh- 

 bourhood, there is one or more, I under- 

 fland, iov Jingle women (moflly ferge weav- 

 ers) J and fome of the Men Clubs, I am 

 told, make a provilion for widoivs. 



The encouragement of thefe Clubs is a 

 National object of the firfl magnitude. 

 Not more with a view to lefTen the prefent 

 heavy burdens of the poor, than to inftil, 

 into the lower dalles of fociety, a prin- 

 ciple of frugality, and a fenfe of fecial 

 duties, which thefe Meetings, under fuitable 

 regulations, cannot fail of producing. 



III. PUBLIC WORKS. The natural 

 abruptnefs of the country renders public 

 EMBANKMENTS, and DRAINS, unncccf- 

 fary ; and inland navigations diffi- 

 cult. So far as the tide carries up the 

 veiTels, fo far navigation goes ; but no far- 

 ther, at prefent. Neverthelefs, a navi- 

 gable communication between the two feas 

 is mod defirable ; as will be (hewn in the 

 courfe of thefe Volumes, 



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