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ON inclosing land

SECT. IV.

ADVANTAGES TO THE LABOURERS.

.Labourers find a great source of employment, in the firstinstance, in the execution of plans of inclosure, and after-wards in upholding them : besides which, there is a great ex-tension of work provided for them, in consequence of the va-rious improvements required upon inclosed land, far beyondwhat is called for in open lands; for the same waste that af-forded only the miserable wages and bare subsistence of aherd-boy, and that only for a portion of the year, becomescupablc, when inclosed, cultivated, and improved, to give em-ployment and bread to many.

Even from the division of commons in Scotland , there isno injury to be dreaded by the labouring class, as their cot-tages give no right to keep cows on these wastes; and, wherethey have a right of fuel, that is always guarded in a processof division. Wherever extensive inclosures are forming,there is always a very considerable source of employment andsubsistence for industrious labourers; and the prospectiveadvantages, afforded by the future improvements on the landwhen inclosed, are still more considerable and encouraging.

SECT. V.

advantages or INCLOSURES to the public.

In regard to the public, the advantages arising from inclo-sures, arc numerous and important. By means of them, the