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RURAL ECONOMY 



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WEST DEVONSHIRE} 



AND T k E 



EASrERN PARTS OF CORNWALL. 



URAL ECONOMICS comprifc 

 three fubjecHis, diftindt in their more 

 eflential parts, but clofely connected in 

 their ramifieations, which blend, in fuch a 

 manner, as to unite the whole in one con- 

 nected fubjedV, and form the moft ufeful 

 branch of human knowledge. 



The HUMAN SPECIES receive their fub* 

 fiftence from the foil, — arc, in reality, 

 themfelves a produce of it. In the more 

 advanced ftates of population, their exift- 

 ence may be faid to reft on the right appli« 

 cation and management of the lands, they 

 colkdively hold in pofTeffion. 



E 3 Landed 



