1*4 cxsns.—lit it^ Profit* and Lubor. 



rise,- or these three conting-etfeies happen at once. 

 If ire-laud, even of the best quality, depends for its 

 futility here on a sufficient fail of rain, ou drainage, 

 Kfanol from jungle* embankments, -and other ap- 

 pliances. 



The number of ears of grain, however, are not exact 

 indexes of. the produce. Thus, 113 ears of the rice 

 called Jtlar/angSrati gave one English quart and 13 

 ounces by measure, of paddie; while 193 earn of the 

 sort ealfed Biyonffoiriy gave 1 quart 4 ounces: again, 

 iJti ca.'sof Paftet rice i*avr 1 quart I ounces, ahile 

 19G cars of the Kind named Jlayuf/t/ Pi/tang yielded 

 1 quart 4 ounces. 



But if improvements do not increase the produce 

 on die beat lauds, I hey will assuredly do so on all 

 others in cultivation, until a regular and known gne* 

 elation of sals, rents and profits is edaldished ; and 

 if die former cannot he Unproved, w hieh is b\ no means 

 here asserted, the} cau, at least, be prevailed from 

 deteriorating. 



F<»rtiumte!\ , tlie poor soils compose but a small part 

 r>f I be a hole, and the very worst description, except - 

 v\g what is a bsolutely sterile, may, by judicious ma- 

 nagement, yield a return, at least fur labor, if not a 

 prrrtit. 



In fact, the present profits of ordinary husbandry 

 Ik iv are, nviiu^ to the bounty of nature, chiefly re- 

 solvable into the price of labor engjegped on the 

 imd ; and at the rate at which a ryot can live, he can 

 tfhtai**, even frdta poor land, a return ample wlieu 

 compared viith the lalmr bestowed on it. Uut as be- 

 fore? remarked, this arwes from his not being entirety 

 dependant on riee cultivation. 



Were profits ami rente, to tie estimated at the rate 

 tif Way ;t» absolutely required to maintain tlie popula- 

 tion, vi&tiuuairy, there can be little doubt, on referring 



