lent land now covered by thick forests, much 

 would be cleared and soon brought into cul- 

 tivation, were adequate inducements given by 

 the supreme authority, to promote the intro- 

 duction of a regular, judicious, and practical 

 system of husbandry : in fact, to shed pros- 

 perity over the province, little more is required 

 than to subject the soil to the operation of the 

 plough. If a spring be given to the industry 

 of the cultivator, amendment in most other 

 branches of political economy is a matter of 

 course ; the substantial riches and internal 

 strength of every country are produced by it, 

 and it is also the cause of wealth flowing in 

 from other states. Twenty-five years of the 

 most arduous and expensive warfare that ever 

 exhausted a country have at length, by Eng- 

 land's fortitude, and an achievement in arms 

 transcending in lustre and heroism all her 

 former recorded glories, opened upon us the 

 prospect, and, we are authorised to hope, laid 

 the foundation of a peace that will be uninter- 

 rupted for a long series of years. During such 

 a protracted time of general exertion and sacri- 

 fice, when our country was struggling to main- 

 tain its existence as a first rate nation, it will 

 not greatly excite our wonder, that although 

 many plans of national improvement have been 



