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“ common Hedges yielded him Store of the faid 
t£ Fruit.” 
To recommend this eafied, cheapeft, and mod 
profitable kind of Agriculture, (as he calls it) he fays, 
££ That the bed of thefe Pears grow upon very bare 
££ and fandy Hills, or Vales j Crabs on any Mound 
££ or Bank that may be raifed on an Heath 5 that one 
tl Pear-tree ordinarily bears yearly 40, 50, 60, 70 
££ Gallons of Statute-Meafure, and fome 5 ,6, or 7 
“ times as much. Since I undertook this Argu- 
l£ ment (adds he) within 10 Miles of this Place we 
££ made in one Year 50,000 Hogfheads, as I exa- 
££ mined, not by Fancy, but by Rule and Inquiry j 
££ and this fhews the Hardinefs of the Fruit. Lee 
£t our noble Patriots weigh, that this is not a 
£< Thing in the Air, but a mod certain and appa- 
££ rent Truth, importing no lefs than the Art of 
££ railing Store of rich Wines on our common 
<£ Arable, on our Hills, and wade Grounds j the 
“ Charge a Trifle, the Pains very fmall, the Profit 
££ incredible. Hence my Ddign is to urge the in- 
£c credible Benefit that wouid redound to thefe Na- 
£{ tions, if leading Perfons would make themfelves, 
<£ their Tenants and Cottagers, all happy by follow- 
“ ing our Example. I leave the Reader to cad up 
£< how many Millions of Hogfheads of Wine, in a 
“ few Years, would be raifed in the Land. And truly 
“ I conceive it the chief Caufe, that, in all thefe Times 
“ of late Wars, none of our poored Cottages did fee 
£t Want j in ali Houfes they had the fame Number 
<£ of Meals, and the fame condant Fare : Our Ara- 
<£ ble feems not a Jot the lefs, nor our Paflure the 
11 lefs; and for fome Ufes the Shadow of 3 the Or- 
<£ chard 
