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fortunes are feldom made in rich countries ; 

 which notion fprings, I fuppofe, from the 

 obfervation, that fortunes are made in 

 poor ones ; but this is not caufed by any 

 quality in the land, but from the farmers 

 who occupy poor foils, being richer in 

 general than thofe who cultivate rich 

 ones ; that is, the former are commonly 

 thrown into great farms, and the latter 

 into fmall ones ; confequently, one fet is 

 rich, and the other poor ; but th^fe are ad- 

 ventitious circumflances, and not inherent 

 in the land. 



The third farm in this lift, is the grafs 

 one. Such will aKvays rank high ; 24 per 

 cent, on a capital, employed in a bufmefs fo 

 eafy and fure as grafuig, is a noble profit, 

 andconfidering all circumftances, equal per- 

 haps to an average of 28 or 30 per cent, 

 on a tillage farm. 



The fourth, is the farm laid down to 

 grafs ; which is likewife very beneficial. 



The fifth is the arable farm, light enough 

 for turnips, the profit 16 /. 7 /. which is 

 inferior to the arable clay one, 13 per cent. 

 Many of my readers will think this fome- 

 whatflrange; but that, I apprehend, rcfults 



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