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These important objects are best attained by a ready in-ternal communication, through the means of roads, bridges,Navigable canals, or railways; and by an open and safe ex-ternal conveyance, through the art of navigation. Raw ma-terials, and n es, are thus transported
from one place to another, and new markets are opened for thes ale of commodities. The spare produce of the labour of one^dividual, or of one nation, is thus exchanged for that ofanother individual or of another nation; the sphere of hu-*nan action is enlarged j and countries remote from eachother, become connected by reciprocity of interest.
It is not proposed, within Ihe narrow limits of the chapterof an extensive work, to attempt laying down any regular sys-tem of political economy, the object of this chapter being,to furnish the intelligent inquirer, with materials that mayassist him in forming such a system # . Tor that purpose,it is proposed to consider the state of Scotland , with refe-rence to the following important particulars;
1. Manufactures; 2. Commerce; 3. Fisheries; 4. Roads,bridges, canals, and railways ; 5. Weights, measures, liars ofgrain, and assize of bread; 6. Fairs and markets; 7* Priceof labour and provisions, and the state of the corn-laws; 8.The situation of the necessitous poor, and the laws regard-ing them ; and, 9. The present state of the population of Scot-land .
These details comprehend, not only the objects of indus-try, but also the means by which they are encouraged andextended.