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very is fo abfolute, and of fuch long 
ftanding, that fhould fome enterprifing 
genius, the friend of glory and of his 
country, rife up in the midft of them, and 
offer to lead them to the conqueft of li- 
berty, he would find it dificult to draw 
round him numerous partizans. Reduced 
to the fimple character of leader of a few 
infurgents, he would have to fight his 
own countrymen, and he would end, by 
. falling a victim to the treachery of fome 
of them; fo muchdoes long flavery blunt 
energy, corrupt the qualities of the foul, 
and leave to the vices of weaknefs and 
abafement alone freedom of action.” He 
conceives, however, that fhould foreign 
forces, fufficiently impofing to banifh fear, 
which, in weak minds, are infeparable 
from the uncertainty of tuccefs, make 
their appearance, not with projects of 
invafion, but as deliverers of Greece, in- 
furreftion againft tyranny would become 
general—national aétivity would difplay 
all its refources—cohorts of courageous 
combatants would be formed on all fides 
—intelligent and aétive mariners would 
cover the fea with faft-failing veflels, 
which would rapidly carry fuccours and 
troops to all the points of the iflands and 
coafts that would become thofe of the whole 
nation—all would fecond and blefs their 
deliverers. The period when one of the 
fineft countries of the globe, that which 
is the richeft in precious recollections, 
thall be {natched from Ottoman defpotifm, 
is not perhaps far diftant. The tranfla- 
tion of this volume is exceedingly well 
executed, and the plates are neatly en- 
graven ; they confift of a general chart of 
the Levant; the Firman of the Sultan 
Abdul-Ahhmed, delivered to M. Son- 
nini; the fpider-fcorpion, in its natural 
fize; ferpents; three fih; and the drefs 
of the women of the ifland of Argentura. 
The indefatigable Mr. WaRNER has 
juft publifhed «* A Tourthroughthe North- 
ern Counties of England and the Borders 
of Wales.” Thefe volumes are written 
on the plan of his Walks in Wales: they 
are very amufing, but the author writes 
with a rapidity whieh is inconfiftent with 
accuracy. . 
“ Sketches of fome of the Southern 
Counties of Ireland, collected during a 
Tour in the Autumn of 1797, ina Series 
of Letters, by G. HotmeEs.” We have 
abundant tours over Englamd, Wales, 
and Scotland, but know litle, compara- 
tively fpeaking, of the topography of 
that department of the empire to which 
we have recently given the fraternal em- 
bwace. Mr. Holmes is a yery entertain- 
Retrofpeé? of Domeftic Literature.— Agriculture. 
ing tourift: his defcriptions are animateds 
and many curious anecdotes are intro- 
duced to enliven his pages. 
AGRICULTURE. 
The Rev. Mr. Nasu has written “ An 
Addre!s to the Board of Agriculture, on 
the Subje&t of Enclofure and Tythes.”— 
He is perfuaded that fome means mutt be - 
provided, inftead of taking them in kind : 
but his remedy, we fear, would prove 
worfe than the difeafe. He recommends 
neither a money nor a corn rent ; but, in 
order effectually to obliterate the idea of 
tythes, modeftly wifhes the Clergy to be 
put in poffeffion of land equal in value to 
their tythes, which they may hold for life 
as independent proprietors. He thinks 
that a good opportunity offers for the ex- 
ecution of fuch a {cheme in the enclofure 
of wafte lands. 
‘© National Errigation; or, the va- 
rious Methods of Watering Meadows 3 
affording Means to increafe the Popula- 
tion, Wealth, and Revenue of the King- 
dom, by an agricultural, commercial, and 
general Economy in the ule of Water. 
By WitiiaM TatuamM, Author of the 
political Economy of inland Navigation, 
an hiftorical Eflay on the Culture and 
Commerce of Tobacco, &e.”” A fubjeé& 
of more importance te the agriculturift 
than that of irrigation, ean fearcely come 
before him ; but fo fanguine is Mr. ‘Ta- 
tham, that he contents not himfelf with in- 
ftruGting individuals in this aét of local 
improvement, but he addrefles himfelf to 
the ftatefman, hoping to engage his affift- 
ance in a vaft plan of mational irrigation. — 
He propofes that Government fhould take 
into their own hands the conftruction of 
one grand national water-work, for the 
purpofe of elevating a fufficient fupply of 
freth and falt water from the moft conve- 
nient waters below, to the moft elevated 
hills, mountains, and peaks, foas to form 
fpacious reéfervoirs in the coves of thefe 
fterile regions; and that a grand commu- 
nication, by mains, pipes, and canals, 
fhould be formed from one hill, or emi- 
nence, to another, through all the dividing 
ridges which feparate the principal wa- 
_ ters and rivers of the kingdom. ‘There is 
fomethiug too lofty and romantic in this 
plan, for the grave, the fober, and delibe- 
rating temper of the prefent Adminiftra- 
tion. Mr. Tatham, however, in order to 
facilitate his {cheme, has endeavoured to 
ealeulate ‘* the power and expence of con- 
ftru&ting a national irrigation, and of 
communicating a regular main through- 
out the kingdom of England, to be fed 
wholly from the lower level of the tide, 
Bs Jakes, 
