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man find a profefTion or a trade fo proper 

 for his younger fbns as this branch of 

 agriculture ? where will the young man 

 with 30C0/. turn tq difpofe of it to one 

 tenth the advantage ? I defy any perfon to 

 fkctch a line of trade, in which he can with 

 equal probability make a like fortune in 

 tlie fame time. We find, from the preced- 

 ing calculations, that 3000 /. is an impor- 

 tant fum fo employed, but what is it in 

 trade ? — a nothing ; unlefs in the hands of 

 a frugal lad, that never knew an idea be- 

 yond two and two make four. 



I fnould here likewife remark, that tliefe 

 cflimates are equally applicable to the 

 man who hires moors, as to him who pof- 

 felTes them ; for any quantity may be had 

 on leafcs for 99 years, if improvement is 

 engaged for. ^And as to the rent, im- 

 proving the eirate would be reckoned rent 

 fufficieiit ; however, if a fhiilling an acre, 

 or I s. 6 ii. the variation on that account 

 would be very fmall. 



Hei^e kt me alfo obfcrve, that I find 

 this, fubied of improving moors demands 

 the greater attention, on account of the 

 A range Jicgle6l of former writers. Not one 

 that 1 have yet met with, gives the leall: 



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