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than a minifter of ftate writing his own 

 difpatches. All the trouble that he can be 

 expedted to take, is to invent, — to (ketch 

 the grand defign of each operation, and to 

 leave the execution to his deputy ; now 

 and then viewing the field as his walks or 

 rides render it agreeable. 



For this purpofe he fliould have, I will 

 not fay a baiiey, but fomething fuperior, 

 7i flip er intend ant of his agriculture^ to receive 

 his orders, and fee them executed pund:iially. 

 This man ihould have a capacity fufficient 

 to comprehend his mailer's defigns, write 

 a fair hand, be very quick at accounts, and 

 not unacquainted with the practice of 

 country buiinefs. I do not require him 

 to be an adept in the laft ; becaufe Xeno- 

 phon's notion is a juft one. That a man 

 lliould be the tutor of his own bailey. And 

 one much ufed to the practice of common 

 hufbandry, would too often take a pleafure 

 in defeating his mailer's deiigns. 



Furniflied with fuch an inilrument, it 

 ihould be the gentleman's aim to gain a 

 certain knowledge of every point as he 

 proceeded, and not diilra^ his practice by 



grafping 



