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1 fhall endeavour to prove, that fuch of 

 the Nobility and Gentry as have improv- 

 able eflates, have it alfo in their power to 

 raife large fams of money or great in- 

 comes, by means of their land, and in a 

 fhort fpace of time — and with no more 

 hazard, and in many cafes not fo much, 

 as in an application to the miniftry for a 

 place ^ or the city for a wife-, and I fhall 

 endeavour to explain how this fhould be 

 attempted. 



Improvements admit of tw^o grand di- 

 vifions, thofe in cultivated^ and thofe in 

 uncultivated countries ; the rules of condudl 

 differ much in thefe, {o that they abfo- 

 lutely require a divifion. — — I fhall begin 

 with the former. 



Let me farther previoufly obferve, that 

 in thefe flieets, I Ihall not prefume to ad- 

 vife any improvement, which I have not 

 either pracfifed myfelf, or viewed the exe- 

 cution by others. 1 lliall on no account 

 fubftitute conjecfure, where fadl and ex- 

 perience can be the guide. 



Let me alfo obferve, that I mean not ta 



make any of you farmers — but improvers. 



To improve your eltates, not to occupy 



yourfclves, but to relet at advanced rents. 



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