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Fifthly comes the thrafhing, in which I 

 will venture to pronounce, that a gentle- 

 man, who gives not the moft circumrpect at- 

 tention to the very minutiae of hip. bufinefs, 

 will be cheated to the amount perhaps of 

 5 or 6j or even To per cent, or h->, whole 

 crop. It is a facS known in many parts of 

 England, that many workmen I'carce ever 

 thrafli in the fame cloaths they do their 

 other bufmefs; they have coats wich pjc- 

 kets, in the lining, that will hold each halfa 

 peck :But befides this piece of knavery, th<.re 

 are likewife the methods of filling bags, and 

 buryimg them in the ftraw, or in any conve- 

 nient place near the barn, and bringing them 

 away in the night or other convenient time. 

 Sixthly, It is meafured; i need but mention 

 this article. Sei>e7ithly, It is carried to the 

 granary, from thence loaded into the wag- 

 gon, and drove to market, or the perion's 

 that has bought it ; and the gentleman may 

 depend on it, that unlefs he fees it mea- 

 fured, facked, and loaded according to his 

 bargain, his heap may fuffer a frefh de- 

 dudion; for it is a very eafy matter to 

 throw up a fack too much, and no difficult 

 one to drop it at a labourer's houfe, or 

 convert it into money. 



