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ture a few remarks on its general profperity, 

 as deducible from thefe, and other particu- 

 lars, fcattered throughout this fourth volume. 

 In fuch a deiign it is requilite to conned: ob- 

 jects that may, at nrft light, appear too un- 

 connected, but which, upon a nearer exami- 

 nation, will be found the links of one grand 

 chain. 



The nrft point of capital importance, is 

 the product of the foil. From this arifes 

 every thing elfe : It is the total, which yields 

 an income to fo many ranks of people : It 

 is the foundation, if I may fo exprefs myfelf, 

 whereon the kingdom is built : The riches, 

 income, and population of the ftate evidently 

 depend on this : Increafe the product of the 

 foil, and you inevitably increafe all the feve- 

 ral incomes arifing from it; you add to the 

 (lock of riches, and increafe the number of 

 fouls dependent on agriculture ; all which 

 effects are of the molt important kind. Thefe 

 confequences will plainly appear if we attend 

 a moment to the progrefs 01 product. 



The farmers receive, in the nrft place, the 

 total of this amount : Out of it they diipenfe 

 income to the other clalTes ; in rent to the 

 landlords; in the amount of labour to the 

 induftrious poor ; in rates to the non-induf- 

 trious poor ; and in tythes to the clergy. 

 Their other expences, in various inftances, 

 maintain many other ranks of people; and 



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