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anfwered their landlord's pnrpofe of render- 

 ing them more dependant, though at the 

 fame time more happy. One fellow arofe 

 among them, (of whom more hereafter) 

 who fet them an example of much better 

 hufbandry, infomuch that now there is not 

 a collier without his farm ; each from three 

 or four to 20 acres of land. Moft of them 

 keep a cow or two, and a galloway : iaife 

 the corn, &c. they eat ; are well fed, well 

 cloathed, induftrious and happy. Their time 

 is fpent at home inftead of the alehoufe : — 

 thofe young fellows, who formerly were 

 riotous and debauched, now maiTy, fettle, 

 and become the honeft fathers of a laborious 

 and valuable race of children. Nothing is 

 fo much defired as a little farm ; ^hich, 

 being a reward for induftry and fobriety, 

 becomes an incitement to a continued good 

 behaviour : And by this well-conceited con- 

 dud:, the whole' colliery, from being a fcene 

 of idlenefs, infolcnce, and riot, is converted 

 into a well-ordered and decently-cultivated 

 colony : It is become a feminary of induRry ; 

 and a fource of population. — — Great is the 

 merit of being {0 offended .11 vicious habits 

 as to determine their eradication, — to projed: 

 a fcheme of reformation, as beneticiai to the 



public as himielf, to condu(5t it through 



all the difficulties of overcoming and 

 changing human nature herfelf-- to con- 

 vert a dcii of thieves and rafcals into houefl 

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