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SECT. II. 



Commerce, Manufactures, Arts % Trade t &c> 



Jove has the realms of earth in vain 

 Divided by th' inhabijable main : 

 If Ihips profane, with fearlefs pride, 

 Bound o'er the inviolable tide*. 



Francis. 



DESCRIPTIONS and drawings of the looms, 

 tools, machines, &c. employed in manufac- 

 tures, particularly if fimple, ingenious, and gain- 

 ing time or ftrongly increafing power, might prove 

 highly beneficial. 



2. An account of the planting, gardening, and 

 agriculture of each country; the manure ufed, 

 the time and labour employed in each branch of 

 bufinefs; the price of labour, the implements of 

 agriculture; the kinds and quantities of corn Town 

 in an acre ; the quantities reaped in different 

 foils ; the proportion of vineyards or pafture lands 

 to arable, and the number of people in a fquare 

 mile of pafture, arable lands, vineyards, or any 

 other kind of plantation. 



3. The kinds of pigments, ftains, and dying 

 materials known and ufed, particularly in China ; 



* Nequlcquam Deus abfcidit 



Prudens oceano diflbciabile 

 Terras, fi tamen impias 

 Non tangenda rates tranfiliunt vada. 



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