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the remaining parts muft contain many 

 practices that deferve to be generally 

 known ; and likewife numerous inftancea 

 of bad hufbandry, that require expla- 

 nation, in order for a remedy. The 



more a man views the agriculture of vari- 

 ous foils, the readier and better able is he 

 to propoie methods of improvement. There 

 mull alfo, in fuch tracts, be many gentle- 

 men, who have pra&ifed hufbandry with 

 unufual attention, and who have noted 

 their experiments and obfervations ; fome 

 would probably confent to their publica- 

 tion. Political Arithmetic might 

 reap great benefit ; for molt of the points 

 that form the foundation of national calcu- 

 lations would receive a light they never 



yet had; the proportion of cultivated 



and uncultivated land ; — the rental ; — the 



value Of the foil; the amount of flock; 



— the annual expenditure in hufbandry; — 

 the ftate of population, dependent on agri- 

 culture ; thefe, and many other points 



of equal importance, would afford to poli- 

 ticians much better grounds for their variety 

 of difputes, than fome they at prefent ufe. 



But it is here requifite to explain or apo- 

 ize for one or two circumftances con- 



•ning this Tour, that may not be lb clear 

 as tl . ht. 



In the lirii place, I have heen afted more 

 tee, whether 1 did not think it a 



little 



