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pofitions J but any attentive reader will at 

 once fee that I have fketched every article 

 highy and drawn numerous improvements 

 into a fmall fpace. purpofely that the 

 imaginary fum total might at leaft be equal 

 to the reality on fuch land. — -In fa6l, this 

 flate, muft exceed the average of reqiiifite 

 improvements ; fo that although I am only 

 iketching the method of drawing out the 

 general account, yet taking a real fpace of 

 500 acres for my guide ; an opportunity- 

 offers for a few remarks on the general 

 expediency of fuch undertakings. But few 

 tracts would require fo large an expendi- 

 ture as I have fuppofed. 



The certainty of ?iot lofmg by the bufl- 

 nefs would be particularly fatisfadlory to 

 fome perfonsj and the indubitable fecurity 

 of that circumflance is too great to admit 

 a moment's doubt. 



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 Suppofe the rife, 5 s. an acre, the 



rent will be - - 325 o o 



Expences, ^ • • 28800 



Clear profit, ^ • Z7 ^ ^ 



Suppofe 



