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The usual and natural proportion, for example, between the rent

and profit of wine, and those of corn and pasture, must be

understood to take place only with regard to those vineyards

which produce nothing but good common wine, such as can be raised

almost anywhere, upon any light, gravelly, or sandy soil, and

which has nothing to recommend it but its strength and

wholesomeness. It is with such vineyards only, that the common

land of the country can be brought into competition; for with

those of a peculiar quality it is evident that it cannot.