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Show [ 55 J t 64 l ferve the firiélel‘t Maxims of Frugality, the Corp~ Food, thank GOD, They do not, and for Raiment fequence would rather be dilagrecable than hurtful-Should they be forced to ule new Methods of .lndul‘try, and to have Recourle to Arts for a Supply of Necefiaries, the Dilliculty in SuCCeeding would prove lefs than the Apprehenlion of lVlil‘carrying, and the Benefit greater than the Hope of it. There are few People of the high- They need not, depend upon Great-Britain. ell, and even of the middle Rank, but would, Any thin Covering in the Summer to preferve Decency, and fubltantial Cloathing in the Winter to repel the Cold, are fulficient for domellic Ser- vants and Labourers, and thele may be provided without any Remora to the Bufinefs of Tillage, for there are many Intervals in which it is fufi upon a {trifle Scrutiny into their ordinary Difburfe- pended. ments, dilcover lome Articles that would admit ployment is f0 flight as Jto be rather a moderate There are Times too, when the Em- Exel'cile, than a laborious Talk, when the Work of Defalcation. that is done might be performed by halfthe Num- ber of Labourers without exceflive Exertion, or A prudent Man, conflrained to abridge his exhauf'cing Fatigue. There are belides in molt Outgoings, will conlider what Articles of Expence Families thofe, whom the Feeblenefs of immature may be retrenchcd or given up, without Dif'trefs Years, or their Sex, at particular Periods, or the or Dilbonrfort; and if, after this laying, he itill Decrepitude of old Age, difcharge from the Du« linds that his Expenccs exceed his Income, he will ties of Tillage. then conlider or what Articles he can provide a Supply by the Application of domefiic lndul‘try, or whether lome tolerable Subllitute may not be fallen upon to aiiiivei‘ the Purpoie of what he can neither buy, nor hath Skill or Ability to fabricate. He will reflect that the Expedient which 5 at lirft but an indili'erent Shift, Ufe and Experience will improve into Convenience, that Practice will confer Knowledge and Skill, and thefe Facility and Satisfaétion; and though the Progrefs {hould be flow and gradual, Habit will grow with it, and produce Reconcilement and Content. What are called in Ncrtbflmrrz‘m, Luxuries, ought for the molt Part to be ranked among the Comforts and Decencies of Life, but thefe will not be relinquillied, if a Supply of Necellztri‘es may be provided by dom‘cllic lndui'try For Food, Leather, and Woe], and Cot- ton, and Flax, are at Hand: How eafy then is the neceflary Cloat‘hing provided for thofe whole Station does not require any Attention or Regard to Falhion, or Elegance? f0 eafy, that many have already gone into this Manufacture without any other Impulfe, than the Spirit of lndufi'ry, which cannot bear Inac‘lion, though the Savings on this Head have afterwards been neglected. in this very confiderable Branch lo little Difficulty is there, that a Beginning is Half the \Vork. The Path is beaten, there is no Danger of lofing the Way, there are Directors to guide every Step. But why fliould they flop at the Point of eloathing Labourers, why not proceed, when V'igour and Strength will increale with the l'rogrellion, cloath the Planters P to \Vhen the hilt Stage is ar- rived at, the Spirits will be recruited, and the le- cond Ihould be undertaken with Alacrity, hate it K may |