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lay it'up for the winter. I have heard Mr- 

 Wildman fay, he has taken ftrventy pounds 

 of honey from one hive of bees during the 

 fummcr ; and they have had a fufficiency for 

 thennfelves. Mr. Wildman fells his honey at 

 2S. per pound. What immenfe fums of mo* 

 ney might be raifed by thefe induftrious ani- 

 mals, and by a fet of people who are at a 

 lofs to kill time, and afllfl: neither in agricul- 

 ture nor our manufactures ! Great part of them 

 are much addi6led to two things I difiike— 

 tea and fcandal — the other part to tea and 

 theft — pilfering their neighbour's hedges, or- 

 chards, hen's nefts, &c. Now, 1 am of opinion 

 there is ufeful employment for every defcription 

 of people; and when a perfon fays he has no- 

 thing to do, the more Ihame for him ! The 

 taxes are daily complained of. Does not the 

 reader think the honey-bees would pay a con- 

 fiderable proportional part ? I can only fay I 

 aim forry for thofe who will not attempt to 

 reach the fummit of a hill that only appears 



high. 



THE END, 



