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apprehend, the moft zealous will fcarcely" 

 cxpc6l: and a profefTion capable of fuch 

 noble profit, is, I think, an objedt worthy 

 of attention to all thofe who fuppofe trade 

 the only road to a great fortune. 



I imagine the occupier of fuch a farm ads, 

 as all do who enter into trade, melt down 

 the principal part of their profit in their 

 ftock, and perpetually increafe their bu- 

 fmefs. 



There are many fuch trads of land as I 

 have defcribed fo fituated, that if many 

 hundred thoufand pounds were employed 

 as a capital, they would not Hand flill for 

 want of land to proceed further. Suppofe 

 my cultivator has fixed himfelf in an 

 extenfive wafte, fo as that he may add at 

 will to his farm on all fides : fuppofe he 

 lives upon an income of 1,338 /. 7 s, 10 d, 

 a year, he will then have 5,000 /. a vear 

 to expend in new improvements. The 

 boundaries of this work w^ill not allov^ me 

 to trace thefe additions minutely ; but v/e 

 may determine, and that clearly, that the 

 profit will be equal to that of the firft 

 capital : the fad throughout all hufbandry 

 is, that fuch profit is Juperlor^ when the 

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