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 Bendfaortb, in the Vale of EvefoaiHt 

 the average fleece is 9 /^. in the inclo- 

 fures ; but only 3 \ lb. in the open fields* 

 Can there be a ilronger argument for in- 

 clofing? The common vulgar ideas, of in- 

 juring iheep and manufactures by inclofures, 

 are hence, 1 think, fufficiently anfw.ered : 

 By inclofing you have 9 lb. of wool imtcad 

 of three ; that is, one iheep yields as much 

 as three did ; and, in refpect to profit, one 

 pays as much as five : Do theie wifeacres 

 think, that inclofing the moors would do 

 miichief to manufactures ? or, that leflening 

 the number of iheep, that are milked in- 

 flead of folded, or yield from one ihilling 

 to five or fix profit fer head, would lefien. 

 the quantity of Britifo wool ? Inclofures 

 raife rents, high rents make men induftri- 

 ous ; they put a thouiand pounds in their 

 pocket to go hire a farm, which, when 

 open, would have taken only 3 or 400 /. 

 Every thing mud be turned to good ad- 

 vantage when high rents are paid -, the 

 farmer knows that every thing muji be 

 profitable ; and that very circumitance ren~ 

 ders them fb : In fuch a train will twelve- 

 penny fheep be found ? It is thus that in- 

 clofures act ■, and that lefiening the number 

 of fhcep is increafing the quantity and va- 

 lue of wool. 



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