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fuch large fiims of money upon another's 

 property, which cannot, like flock, be car- 

 ried away at the end of the leafe, he cer- 

 tainly fhould make a greater profit than 

 upon money employed in common me- 

 thods, which is always returning, and can 

 be thrown, at any warning, into frelh en- 

 terprifes. Thus much for the comparifon : 

 but if we view it in refped to itfelf alone, 

 13 per cent, is no trifle ; a farmer may be 

 able to hire niany fuch farms as this be- 

 fore us, or fimilar ones, that cannot get a 

 profitable one that is already in a Hate of 

 improvement. In fuch a fituation, he 

 fliould not let his time and money be idle, 

 for fear of what is commonly called a had 

 farm, but contrad his attention to a few 

 acres, and improve them to their highefl 

 pitch; fince he may, by fuch a method, 

 make 13 per cent, on a calculation moderate 

 in every " refped ; for the expences are 

 minuted in their full extent: but the pro- 

 dud may probably be higher than I have 

 ftated it. 



The cleared way of dating the gentle- 

 man's account of this farm will be, to 

 date the former ^totals, labour deduded, 



and 



