508 Considerable Expenditure on the Roads. 



The expense incurred on the roads is an- 

 nually very great ; above a thousand pounds 

 are expending to reduce an acclivity of fifteen 

 feet in the road near this place ; in this work, 

 the farmers appear to have no objection to 

 engage, as it may possibly be some advantage 

 to them, by their being allowed to make this 

 labor subservient to the work on their farms. 

 The capital of an arable farmer is reputed in all 

 parts of the country to be small ; the rent in 

 arrear to the landlord, as I became informed 

 on the other side of the island, forming the 

 principal part of his capital : but this is not 

 the case with grazing farmers, whose occupa- 

 tions are extensive, and whose capital must be 

 equal, at least, to the stock which they de- 

 pasture. 



Fame has not done justice to Mr. Foster's 

 merit as a scientific and extensive planter : and 

 such is the nature of the agricultural subject on 

 which he has to work, as to preclude the possi- 

 bility of his being distinguished as a good 

 practical farmer. On only tolerably good soil, 

 such an exhibition of labor, perseverance, and 

 talent would have produced very different re- 

 sults. Adieu. 



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