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 a writer ; but at the fame time I muft be 

 allowed to remark, that the data upon which 

 he calculated appear fomewhat more liable 

 to error, than thofe upon which I have pro- 

 ceeded. 



That gentleman founds his calculation on 

 the quantity of corn confumed by men and 

 animals. The confumption by men is taken 

 from average quantities eat by different peo- 

 ple; the latter is conjectured. The diffe- 

 rent proportions between the eaters of wheat, 

 rye, barley, &c. is conjectured ; the num- 

 ber of the people is conjectured ; the quan- 

 tities otherwife applied are imagined, and, 

 to appearance, rather at random ; and the 

 total of thefe conjectures fuppofed to be 

 the annual growth. Now it muft be evi- 

 dent, that this method of coming at the 

 growth, is at beft very fallacious. 



I am far from exhibiting my own calcula- 

 tions as free from all thefe objections. This 

 tour extends over but a part of the kingdom ; 

 and I have often repeated, that I am now 

 only proportioning the particulars of this ex- 

 tent to thirty-two millions of acres. I am of 

 opinion the proportion is not unjuft; but 

 my readers may think differently ; in the 

 mean time, I venture only to aflert, that 

 dating fuch proportions have a particular ufe; 

 and that there is a much greater probability 

 of the exactnefs, than of difcovering the 



quantity 



