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DECT. 1.—Éftátet.

CQINCE the introduction of manufa2Qures, property has a Ÿ become more minutely divided. But there remain»pro- prietors who fill hold very extenſive poſteſions.

‘The remark made by Camden, in his BRITANNIA, of the number of ancient families bearing the names of the places where they reſide, and whence, they. took their names, is ſtll applicable to this county, e. g. Atherton, Bold, Fazakerley, Formby, Hoghton, Hulton, Mawdlſley, Townly, Trafford, C,

The yeomanry, formerly numerous and reſpectable, have sréatly diminiſhed of late, but are not yet extinct; the great wealth which has in many inftances been ſo rapidly acquired by ſome of their neighbours, and probably heretofore depend- ants, bas offered ſufficient temptation to venture their property in trade, in order that they might keep pace with theſe fortu- nate adventurers,

Not only the yeowmanry, but almoſt all the farmers, who have‘raiſed fortunes‘by agriculture,'place their children ia the manufaQuring line.— The farmers in this county moſtly ſpring frora the induſtrious claſs of labourers, who, having ſaved by great economy a ſum of money, enter upon ſmall-farms, and afterwards, in proportion to the encreaſe of their capitals, take larger concerns. Nothing appears more deſirable to the pro- prietors of large eſtates, than that many cottages ſhould have

annexed to them a few acres of land, which ſerve as a ſchool to the occupier in Agriculture, by giving his mind an oppor- tunity of being employed in the management of it, An ob- 8 lervIng

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