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SECT. II. 



Commerce, ManufaBi^res, Arts, Tirade, &c* 



Jove has the realms of earth in vain, 

 Divided by th* inhabitable main : 

 If fhips profane, with fearlefs pride, 

 Bound o'er the inviolable tide [e). 



Francis. 



DEfcriptions and drawings, of the looms, 

 tools, machines, &c. employed in manu- 

 factures, particularly if fimple, ingenious, and 

 gaining time or flrongly increafing power, might 

 prove highly beneficial. 



2. An account of the planting, gardening 

 and agriculture of each country ; the manure 

 ufed, the time and labor employed in each branch 

 of bufinefs ; the price of labor, the implements 

 of agriculture - 9 the kinds and quantities of corn 

 fown in an acre, the quantities reaped in differ- 

 ent foils •, the proportion of vineyards or paf- 

 ture lands to arable, arid the number of people 

 in a fquare mile of pafture, arable lands, vine- 

 yards, or any other kind of plantation. 



3. The kinds of pigments, ftains, and dying 

 materials known and uied, particularly in China j 

 are they mineral or vegetable ? the manner 



(e) Nequicquam Deus abfcidit 



Prudens oceano diflbciabile 

 Terras, fi tamen impiae 



Non tangenda rates tranfiliunt vada. 



Hor. 1. 1. Od. 3. 



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