PREFACE. 
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much as in the quantity of land broke up for 
tillage, the natural confequence of extending the 
frontier fettlements. This is not only beneficial 
in proportion to the increafe of vent, among the 
new fettlers of comodities exported from the 
mother country ; but by preventing the additi- 
onal hands from applying themfelves to fuch 
manufactures as may interfere with the com- 
merce, effectually hinders a michief that might 
ftop the advantages reaped before. A jealoufy 
has long prevailed at home, of manufactures in 
America, and it has been ufual for our manu- 
facturers on various occafions to exprefs this 
opinion in frequent applications to parliament, 
vainly hoping to force a confumption abroad 
from the weakeft of all refources, prohibitary 
laws: But the wifdom of the legiflature has 
provided the moft effectual, if not the only re- 
medy, by encouraging the vent of the growths 
of America , and thereby engaging the inha- 
bitants to employ themfelves in railing them ; 
a conduCt grounded on the invariable obferva- 
tion, that perfection in agriculture naturally pre- 
cedes manufactures, wherever a country finds a 
market for its produce fulficient to provide 
itfelf with the latter. 
Mr. K aim's narrative of his travels to the 
Falls of Niagara , is a proper fupplement to the 
journey to Ofwego , his voyage begins from 
that place, and caries us on further in the 
fearch of every thing worthy our notice in this 
country : This gentleman is well known to be 
a 
