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the manner suggested ? Few parishes are without
sufficient waste land in their vicinity, but our
Reverend Philanthropist, confident that no ob-
jection can reasonably be made to his system,
proposes, that each farmer should supply his
own labourers at the same rent which he pays.
He proposes this mode in cases of difficulty, to
be immediately adopted, because the circum-
stances in which we are placed are urgent, and
because he thinks it well calculated to bring
back the agricultural labourer to his proper
station in society, and replacing a bold peasantry
—their country's pride. He next recommends a
mode of finding land, which any individual,
though not possessed of an acre himself, may
adopt without any expence or loss. We all
know that, in the present circumstances of the
country, no difficulty can be found in procuring
land. Let us follow Mr. Demainbray's example,*
who tells us that he has hired for this purpose,
about eight acres of land near the town of
Richmond in Surrey, for the purpose of letting
to the poor inhabitants. He has had such nu-
merous applications, that he has been obliged
to subdivide it into ninety-five allotments, all
cultivated in the best manner, and rendered
highly productive in potatoes and every species
of garden stuff, and for which the rent has been
* See Appendix, No. 12.
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