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views we have advocated, it would seem it should he an ohject of 

 consideration to lessen, as far as practicable, the waste of fertility of 

 these now rich soils. At the same time it is obvious that, with laud 

 cheap and labour dear, the desirable object of bringing these vast 

 areas under profitable cultivation cannot be attained without some 

 sacrifice of their fertility in the first instance, which can only be 

 lessened as population increases. 



HAEBIBQir AND aONfl, PEINTEE8 IN OEDINABY TO HKB MAJE8TT, 8T. MAETIn'b IAKB. 



