r 66 1 
whilst in tlie farmer's possession, but insist 
on the contrary; because a farmer, who 
knows his business, w^ill ahvays sell off his 
liorses as they arrive at perfe6fion, at six 
years old, and in their places purchase young 
ones ; and this ought to be a source for the 
supply of gentlemen's carriages, stage-wag- 
gons, drays, &c. &c. 
Surely it must be a more gratifying re- 
ficdfion to a true lover of his country, and a 
v/elhwlsher to its prosperity, that the present 
high price of provisions does not arise merely 
from the partial failure of a crop of one 
species of gi’ain, but from a combination of 
causes which may with more facility be re- 
moved ; because, if the former was adually 
the case, and agriculture could not be very 
considerably and rapidly .improved, and the 
produ6fions of our islands rendered more 
abundant, a further extension of population 
would rather bring famine than an accum'u- 
lation of strength. We should then find our- 
selves at the zenith of our power. The sur- 
rounding nations would readily discover our 
