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encreafe in proportion to that of the general 

 mafs of their employers, and confequently 

 thofe who are unable to act themfelves, will 

 at leaft be directed by more Ikilful guides. 



After all, fhould any perverfe, ignorant, 

 and defperate amateurs (as they have hu- 

 mouroufly been named) take one part of 

 my advice only ; and, contrary to its fpirit 

 and obvious meaning, boldly act for them- 

 felves without any previous ftudy or re- 

 flexion — they ftill would feldom occafion 

 fuch extenlive and irreparable mifchief as 

 the regular fyftem of clearing and levelling ; 

 and as they probably would have no imita- 

 tors, their improvements would be confined 

 to one fpot, and one point of time. Their 

 extravagancies alfo, though mifchievous, 

 might be amufing; and, like other wanton, 

 licentious effects of freedom, as pumping, 

 ducking, tarring and feathering, have a mix- 

 ture of the barbarous and the ludicrous — 



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