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Atritulture, Il7ld Commerce. 411
A as been mentioned already, not only as an acknowl.,
edged superil~ty, bl1t as aifording a remarkable example
of' the caprice of human appetite; yet, if the
fisherman will ply his nets, oj- the mariner fetch rice
trom foreign countries, is order to procure to him~elf
this indulgence.. the market is sup-plied with two '
important articles of provision, by tbe inmamentality
of a merchandize, whichc has no other apparent use
than the gratmc;ation of a vitiated palate.
But i~~ may come to Jass that tfte husbandmau,
land-o\vner, or whoever he- be that is entided to tbe
produce of the SOil, will no longer exch~ge it for
what the manufactllrer has to otrer. He is already.
supplied to the extent of his desires. For iastanc~
be want~ no more cloth; . he will no longer thereca
fore give the weaver coro, in return for the produce of
his looms; but he woui4 readily gi ve it for tea; or
for wine. . When the weaver find:, this to be the ca~,
be has· nothing to do but to send his cloth abroad in
exchange for tea or for wine, which he 'may barter
for that provilOion which the offer of his doth will no
loager procl11"e. The circulation is thus revived;
and Lhe!)enefir of the disc()very is, tgat, whereas the
number of weavers, who .could find sub~i-stence from
their employment, was before .limited by the con­
~umption of cloth in the cOl1ntry. that number is now
augmented. in proportion to the ciemand for tea and
for \vine. rrhis is the principle of Brei. 0 ree.
In the magnity e an extty of -~he machine,
the principle of mouon is sOl;1letimes lost or unobserved;
but i,t is always simple and the same, to
whatever extent it may be diversified and enlarged
• • •
In Its operation. .
( ~be effect of trade upon agri~u)ture, the proc~ !>t
whIch we have been endeavounng to descnbe, IS w;­
ible in the Reighool1rhood of trading towns, aDd ia
those districts which carry on a communication with.
tbe markets of trading towns. I The hasbandmen are
busy and~killful : the' peasantry laborious; the land
is managed to the best advantage; iidld ~w,le· the
quantity of corll or herbase (utidea which are ula.