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a great Insulated nation is at war with several 
other powers ; and, as respe6ts the condition 
of this country at the present moment, a very 
extraordinary degree of waste of food for 
man and beast must have happened in the 
late unsuccessful invasion of Holland, as well 
as in every other expedition undertaken by 
this country, and in the supply of foreign 
garrisons. He should have refledfed also, 
that by the unprecedented increase of both 
our Army and Navy, there has been a greater 
number of inhabitants, than at any former 
period, subsisting on the produ61ions oF the 
soil, without contributing in tlie smallest 
' degree towards its cultivation. 
We bco; leave to differ witli Mr. Young 
where he says, (p. 74) that ‘ the heavy deep 
soils adapted to grass liave been inclosed_ and 
applied to that use," whilst lighter soils, which 
are best adapted for the plough, remain un- 
inclosed 
We verily believe that if a minute inquiry 
was to be made, the reverse would be found 
to be the truest statement. Light convertible 
