3J4 young’s TRAVELS IN FRANCE .

To enable the land to pay it,

11. Prohibit the Export of Corn.

That cultivation may be rich and fpirited,

III. Encourage fmall Farms.

That cattle may be plentiful,

IV, Forbid the Inclnfure of Commons.

And that the fuppiy of the markets may be equal in fummer as in winter.

V. Hang all Mottopolizers.

Such may be called the agricultural code of the new government of France !

Chap. IV. Of the Commerce of France .

AGRICULTURE, manufactures, and commerce, uniting to form what maybeproperly termed the rnafs of national induftry, are fo intimately connected in point ofinterefl, under the difpenfations of a wife political fyftem, that it is impoffible to treatamply of one of them, without perpetually recurring to the others. I feel, in the pro-grefs of my undertaking, the impoffibility of giving the reader a clear idea of all theinterefts of French agriculture, without inferting, at the fame time, fome details ofmanufactures and commerce. The opportunities I poffeffed of gaining fome valuableintelligence, enable me to infert feveral accounts hitherto unpublifhed, which I be-lieve my commercial readers (fhould I have any fuch) will not be difpleafed toexamine.

Imports into France in 1784 .

Wood, •

Timber,

Hoops, &C.

Staves,

Planks,

Pitch and tar,

Allies,

Soda and pot-afh,Kelp,

Peat alhes for manureGrain,

Millet and Canary,

liv.

216.2001,866,800

92,! co

628.500

2 , 4 - 12,000

825.2001,372,6003,873,900

50,700

665,100

141.50051,400

Flax-feed,

Hops,

Tallow loaves,

Refufe of filk, .Hemp,

Hemp and flax thread,Thread of refufe filk,Various wools,

Spun ditto, -

Vigonia ditto,

Flax ,

Silk raw,

Mercery , thread, and boneteiie.Woollen fluffs,

Ditto filk,

Bours d’ceft,

Silk gauzes,

Silk handkerchiefs,

Silk ribbons,

Ribbons of wool,

Thread ribbons,

Ribbons of thread and wool,Linen, flax and hemp, mixed,Linen of flax,

Manufactured Goods.

335,500

Table linen,

81,300

Linen called platile,

430,700

--— treilis ,

252,200

-— couth hemp

54,700

Sail Cloth,

U5,qoo

Candles,

374,400

Yellow wax,

87,500

Cordage,

1,406,100

Horie-hair,

92,700

Raw hides,

1,918,600

Diltilled waters and oils,

4,849,700

Effences,

liv,

'612,620

272.4001,133,400

94,900

4>3 t! 5>3 co

2,091,100

55,800

25,925,000

119.400259,800

1,109,50039,582, 7°o

99,200

602,100

892.700432,000

157.70050,300

1,3 1 7,90099,00059,coo2,805,400875,500126,590Dreffes,