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This profit Is cafli in hand, to proceed 

 with the undertaking, and excluiive of 

 240 acres of improved land unlet ; and the 

 whole (lock live and dead on the land. 



Before I proceed with the account, I 

 muft here make a paufe, to remove thofe 

 obje^lions which will arife againfl: the 

 whole affair from men fo much aftoniflied 

 at the greatnefs of the profit as to difbelieve 

 it, were it only on that account, upon 

 the principle, that he who proves too 

 much, proves nothing. 



The quantity of the moors are every 

 where immenfe in the wafte parts of the 

 north of E?igland, and in Scotla?2d ; fo that 

 no objedion can be raifed for want of 

 land to work upon, that yields ?io rent. 

 All the operations of improvement are 

 commonly pra61:ifed in thefe countries, and 

 their effect extremicly well known, fo that 

 I have offered nothing ideal : the prices I 

 allow for every work that requires many 

 men in a fnort time, are exceffively high — 

 higher than any where known. In refpe6l 

 to the nature of the foil itfelf, I have very 

 fairly defcribed it. That it is highly im- 

 provable, is by all allowed, but fays one 

 let of men, the expences are too great. I 

 M 2 think. 



