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 farms of many thoufand acres, the moor 

 parts of which do not let for above a [hil- 

 ling an acre ; the farmers have fuch quan- 

 tities of it, that they think it only worth 

 taking a flovenly crop or two, and then let 

 it grafs itfelf; and without ever incloiing it. 

 Can any one fuppofe this could ever be the 

 cafe with land at ten millings an acre ? 

 And yet it is an abfolute fact, that moil of 

 thefe moors would pay admirable intcreft 

 for a good and rational improvement, how- 

 ever poor a one they may yield for the pre- 

 fent miferable mode of tilling. Soils that 

 require a thorough improvement from the 

 very inclofure, mud; have large funis of 

 money appropriated to them ; but the mis- 

 fortune of the prefent management is, that 

 the land, from its plentifulnefs, is held in fo 

 little eftimation, that no farmer will think 

 for a moment of employing large fums about 

 it, unlefs he grafps at a whole county, and 

 leaves it as wild as he found it. 



For thefe reafons, no conduct can be fo 

 extremely prejudicial to the general in- 

 terefts of agriculture, as the furTering farms 

 ever to remain underlet. No landlord mould 

 entertain fuch falfe ideas of magnificence, 

 as to wound the very vitals of his country, 

 in order to raife a miftaken reputation of 

 grandeur : Far from reflecting credit, it is 

 undoubtedly a difgrace. True fplendor, is 



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