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 hend it is in favour of fertility ; that is, that 

 the kingdom in general is richer than the 

 average of this tour. T>erbyjlme (not in- 

 cluded) it is true, is chiefly uncultivated ; but 

 then all the other counties fouth oiTorkjhire 

 and Lancajhire, are in general well culti- 

 vated ; and many of them remarkably rich, 

 and full of manufactories. If therefore there 

 is a variation, it certainly is in favour of the 

 kingdom at large. But it mould be ob- 

 ferved, that there is no flight degree of 

 utility in proportioning every fort of country 

 to the whole kingdom. I demand, for in- 

 stance, the population, product, rent, &V. 

 of the whole kingdom, if as wafte as Nor- 

 thumberland '? What are the fame propor- 

 tions if as well cultivated as the ifle of 

 Tbafiet? What are the proportions of the 

 whole kingdom, compared with the weft of 

 Norfolk before the difcovery of marie ? 

 and thofe fince that improvement ? Such 

 a knowledge of the importance of fertility 

 and improvement, is of fome confequence; 

 and when it extends to fo confiderable a part 

 of the kingdom as the counties here travelled, 

 certainly demands more than a flight at- 

 tention. 



This method of gaining a knowledge of 

 the rural ceconomy of the nation, although 

 not perfect, i.s far more fatisfactory than 



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