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not improve their moors. The aftonidiing 

 thing is the remiflhefs of rich ones ; men, 

 who pofTefs even ready money for twenty 

 fuch undertakings as I have fketched ; men, 

 who would make a bet of three thoufand 

 pounds, forty times in a year ; yet will not 

 they make a bet with their moors j tho' 

 more chances than ever Demoivre calcu- 

 lated are in their favour. 



Where would the poflefTor of moors find 



fo ready a way of raifing a very large fum 



of money for any purpofe ? The man who 



has three daughters, 4, 5 and 6 years old, 



may portion each with 20,000/. by the 



time they are 15, 16 and 17 years old ; and 



that without injuring or burthening a 



penny the eftate he received from his an- 



ceflors. To what courfe can he take ? 



what feat in parliament ? what favour at 



court ? what plan of life will enfure him 



above two thoufand pounds a year in eleven 



years, with a beginning only of 3147/.? 



Men fly from this beautiful, this free, 



this healthy kingdom, to feek fortunes in 



the enflaved, unwholfome Indies, lefs than 



they might acquire at home witli pica- 



fure; and, comparatively fpeaking, without 



difficulty or hazard. Where can a country 



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