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mers in every part of the kingdom prac- 



tife though on a fmall fcale : — -and 



which all good ones would execute in large, 

 were they pofTefled of money fafficient. 

 That I have been extravagant in no re- 

 fpe(5l concerning the benefit of the improve- 

 ment, will appear clearly from the confide- 

 ration of the conduct of the common far- 

 mers : many ofthem, upon even fhortleafes, 

 pra6life more or lefs of all thefe improve- 

 ments : it is abfolutely reqiiifite to them, 

 that fuch works pay them both principal 

 and interefl in a few years : we may be 

 confident of this, from feeing them under- 

 take fuch works : the extent of this profit 

 fhevYs plainly, that I have been very mo- 

 derate in the fuppofed profit to the gentle- 

 man. 



The advantages which the State muft 

 ever reap from the private profit of indi- 

 viduals, fo gained, are extremely great; 

 fo very important, that no man can per- 

 form greater fervices to his country than 

 by improving land : the benefit of the na- 

 tion is proportioned to his private profit ; 

 feldom the cafe in other ways of advancing 

 a gentleman's fortune ! 



