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bf confiderable extent, was fet on foot, at 

 Modbury, and carried on with fpirit, and 

 with fuccefs to the individuals who profe- 

 cuted it. But their end being anfwered, 

 the manufadure ceafed, and all the vice 

 and debility, which it had drawn together, 

 were left as a load upon the parifli. The 

 confequence of which is, I am informed, 

 the Occupiers of Lands, within the Town- 

 fhip of Modbury, are now paying five {hil- 

 lings in the pound, to the poor, while thofe 

 of the furrbunding pariflies, do not pay two 

 ihillings. 



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