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 /and K, and fo on through the circle, till 

 the twenty hands are added to the number 

 of the induflrious. In fome places thelofs 

 of men may be made up by lads and wo- 

 men ; but it undoubtedly is made up by 

 fome means or other. 



Againfl this reafoning, perhaps, other 

 arguments are ufed ; but I by no means 

 pretend to decide matters of opinion : 

 However, I mall afk thofe gentlemen that 

 think differently, in what manner they 

 account for the phoenomena before their 

 eyes ? A war, in three or four years, takes 

 a million of able hands from indu/iry. Surely 

 this is a fad flroke, and feverely felt ! 

 Commerce is Jo prodigioufy increafed, that 

 the manufactories can fcarcely fnpply its de- 

 mands. Worfe Hill ! for me mufl apply 

 to her filler of the foil for the hands me 

 wants. More turnpike-roads made, during 

 the few years of the war, than ever known 

 in any former period of equal length. Every 

 man employed taken from the farmers ! 

 How could they fupport themfelves under 

 fuch accumulated evils ? More par 'liam 

 tary drainages, at the fame time, than ever 

 experienced. And all the men furnifhed by 

 agriculture ! The plough muft have flood 

 flill, or women driven to hold it. All 

 publick works Jlourijhing ; navigations 

 through every county. Nay, then the people 



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