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 waftes, that a landlord who poflcflcs them, 

 has a much more advantageous, and a fifty 

 times more fee u re way of expending hi^ 

 money, ti.ian nine tenths of the merchants, 

 manufacturers, and tradefmen, whofe for- 

 tunes are fo often the envy of the landlords 

 of ih'.s kingdom. 



In this mode of improvement, there is 

 the certainty of the newly gained eftate, 

 not only being a moft prohtable one, but 

 alfo a permanently improving one : It will 

 conftandy increafe in value; which, had it 

 remained arable, might not have been the 

 cafe. 



It is idle to offer variations of this calcu- 

 lation : Let any one ftart their objedions ; 

 give thofe objedions full weight; and when 

 you have done, and calculated their confe- 

 quences, you will yet find fo great a profit 

 remaining, that the fame remarks will be 

 .applicable to it. 



Much the mofl profitable way of under- 

 taking fuch a bufm^^fs, is to fix on a certain 

 quantity of land every year, for an annual 

 improvement ; which quantity ihould form 

 a farm complete. By which means the 

 improver would conduct his works with a 

 regular eafe ; he would every year have a 

 fet of buildings to ered,^-a certain quantity 



of wr.il ing to raifc, a given numl^er of 



acres to pare, burn, and lime ; thus he would 

 2 have 



