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Having thus endeavoured to flate the 

 companion between rent and product, I 

 mall, in the next place, enquire into the 

 flate of rent itfelf, not with an eye to any 

 fuch proportions, but to gain the average 

 of as large a part of the kingdom as I can, 

 which is a point of much importance to 

 political arithmetic. 



From North Minis > through Hatfield, to 

 Welwyn, the country is very good, and well 

 cultivated;" the average rent i2j. It con- 

 tinues alio rich towards Stevenage ; but at 

 that place letts for no more than o_s. From 

 Stevenage to Luto?i is worfe ; about Off ley 

 it is only $s. but that is under the average 

 of thefe nine miles : I mail call it 7 s* 

 From Luton to Dun jl able the foil is not 

 bad, nor the culture very much fo; 9^. an 

 acre is not far from the average rent. From 

 Dunflable to Wooburn two minutes were 

 taken, 14.J. and 13^. od. but as there are 

 fome tracks very fandy, I mall call it 1 3 j-. 

 From Wooburn to Newport Pagnel two mi- 

 nutes, ()s. yd. andzoj-. fuppofe the average 

 1 5 s. From thence to Bedford a flrong clay, 

 great quantities of beans, rent of one mi- 

 nute js. but the average of the line is cer- 

 tr.inly 10;. From thence to St. Neot's, by 

 I\. rthill and Sandy, much good land, be- 

 fides the rich gardens at the latter pla . 

 which are considerable; rent \is. From 

 th nee to Kimbott on, 12 s. To Tkrapjlon, 



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