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another rather large item in farming — ^viz., manures ; 

 nor will fish property be subject to panics and con- 

 vulsions. No one wOl speculate for a rise in 

 carp, turbot, or trout ; no treaties of reciprocity 

 can well give away our inland fisheries ; and 

 tii-ose cf cOixiKterce will not put all sorts of internal 

 or external ad valorem, or prohibitory, or any other 

 duties upon them — at least I hope not. They are 

 our own produce, and worth so much per pound in 

 the market on any day we like to sell them ; and if we 

 do not sell them, why, we shall not lose by keeping 

 them, for they cost us no money to feed, as do bullocks 

 or sheep. If we have enough to export, they are a 

 source of exchange and wealth, and will relieve our 

 overtaxed industry ; or, at least, the effect of a large 

 introduction of fish into our home provision-markets 

 would speedily influence the price of every other 

 production. 



I have, in the foregoing pages, briefly reviewed 

 the subject of our fisheries, and pointed out the 

 various means which may be employed, and the best 

 kind of investigations to make, and of experiments 

 to conduct, in order that they may become a great 

 mine of wealth to us ; and I trust that the ex- 

 planations and advice I have here offered may be 

 found useful to those who are studying this question 

 with the same views and wishes as myself. 



