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with the value of an acre of firs, and efii- 

 mate the compound interefl gained In one 

 cafe, and Icjl in another. Such a coropa- 

 rifon would foon convince you of the im- 

 menfe difference in value. It is in this 

 light, that all groves, and vv^oods of under- 

 wood are fo many nuifances in a kingdom 

 where coal is to be had in every vilkge : 

 fuch grounds fliould all produce corn and 

 grafs. The furface of the kingdom pro- 

 ducing your food, and its bowels your 

 firing. 



But, relative to the planting moors, it 15 

 impoffible to fay too much in praife of it, 

 if only fuch fpois are planted, as can be 

 cultivated to neither corn nor grafs j fuch 

 are fleep banks, forae mountains, and all 

 fpots that abound exceffively with the whin 

 flone, which will not burn to lime, and is 

 fo hard that you cannot rive or cut it. \\\ 

 fuch places, by all means plant. But foto 

 ufe land which can be made worth from 



1 2 J", to 20 J. an acre is execrable ; be- 



fides, the profit to the landlord is immenfe 

 in one cafe and in the other, to himfelf -^^x- 

 haj)s a lofs. And as I am at prefent ex" 

 plainiiig the methods by vvliich landlords 

 Q 2 may 



