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Upon the whole, it appears from this 

 chapter, that very large fums of money are 

 as advantageoufly employed, and even more 

 fo, in farming, than fmall ones, allow- 

 ing for all thofe enlarged expences which 

 arife from the greatnefs of the bufmefs. 



I cannot here omit remarking, that great 

 numbers of gentlemen, poffeflcd of vari- 

 ous fums of money, from 2 or 3000 /. to 

 20,000 /. are placed by their parents in 

 trade, as the only road to make a confider- 

 able fortune. Very far am I from infmu- 

 ating any thing againft commerce ; all I 

 would be underftood to mean is, that agri- 

 culture ought to be confidered in the light 

 of a proper bufmefs, as well as a mer- 

 chant's counting-houfe, for young men to 

 apply to who have the making a^ fortune 

 in view. A diftindion is, however, to be 

 made, between fuch as apply to trade with- 

 out any matters of foundation befides their 

 induftry, and others who begin the world 

 with a handfome fum of money. To the 

 firft, hufbandry is totally improper : thofe 

 flow advances that are made from nothing 

 to fojnething, fo common in trade, cannot 

 poifibly be found in it, except in fo low a 



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