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198 SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH F.RANCE IN 1814.r.ays taxes. Tht"se are more now than unàerthe()ldregi?ne:; but lightetin proportion ta the ability of the people ofthe pte,sentdâyto paythern.In[aet, they are sa light.that people hardlyknow in whât proportion thcypay. The tax i5 on all property ad valorem, and considetedvery unequaHyimposed. This results in one respect from lvhatit is an incitetnentto,improvement. The more property is bettered, tHe Jightctis the fax,whieh rcrnains as befbre. 'l'he Jand-propriCtorat anyrate settIes hisaifair easi]y with his goV'c:rnment. In this Ile pays his cllurch esta:..blishment. In the sale of his produce he pays; unelert1lèJ dëifîot}'1ÎrtaHon,of octrois *', his local chargés; and he has no làlldJord tolay IIp f()t~SA situflted,he may wen irnprove. The agriculture ofthese meridionaldistricts is of an improving kind, too. The olive will thriveamongrocks; the vine in a graveJ-quarry; and much ,of the faccot nâtûtehere, now sa blooming, wàs originally thus constitttted.Manytnoûsandsof acres of thebest vineyard-land here,areconstituted offedgrave1, as nearly pure ru bb1eas any quarry hy a highwa.y side inMiddlesex. l\1any acres are as purely such gravelselves. 'Vith due tillage to kecp the landcJeall, â hândfulofdun~()r:li