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a whole improvement, has I beheve never 

 been feen : the expence of it is high, but 

 the profit mud alfo be great -, and un- 

 doubtedly would juilify, upon the whole, 

 a much larger return than I have fup- 

 pofed. 



The conclufions to be drawn from the 

 account, are obvious to the meanefl: capa- 

 city : Vv'here can any landlord spply him- 

 felf with five thoufand pounds, to make in 

 fo Ihort a time fo large a fortune? An 

 hundred thoufand pounds are an obje6l of 

 fome confequence to the largeft fortunes 

 in the kingdom. In what trade, bufinefs 

 or profeflion, can a ion be placed that will 

 do greater things for him. Five thoufand 

 pounds are a common younger fon's por- 

 tion if you look into life, wdiat a poor 



figure is made by them, not for want of 

 a larger original fortune, but for want of 

 an application for it. In the purchafe of 

 a commifFion or a place, it buys four or 

 five hundred pounds a year, with an ex- 

 penfive life annexed, that requires half as 

 many thoufands. Put to common intercfl:, 

 the poircffor flarves. In trade, it is no- 

 thing ; as every one knows who has occa- 

 fion to place his gentlenia?2 fon in a mci- 

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