AND F. R. S. OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH:

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS
IN SCOTLAND;

AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

Printed for A. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL, in the Strand.

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Mrs. RUTH MURRAY

Wales
1976

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CONTENT S

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK II.

CHA P. III.

OF the Accumulation of Capital, or of productive and unproductive Labour

Page 2

Of the Difcouragement of Agriculture in the ancient State of Europe after the Fall of the Roman Empire

CHA P. III.

Of the Rife and Progrefs of Cities and Towns, after the Fall of the Roman Empire

CHA P. IV.

How the Commerce of the Towns contributed to the Improvement of the Country

81

66

117

Of Restraints upon the Importation from fo-

reign Countries of fuch Goods as can be

produced at Home

CHA P. III.

Of the extraordinary Restraints upon the Im-

portation of Goods of almost all Kinds,

from thofe Countries with which the Ba-

lance is fuppofed to be disadvantageous

PART I. Of the Unreasonableness of thofe

Reftraints even upon the Principles of the

Commercial Syftem

Digreffion concerning Banks of Depofit, parti-

cularly concerning that of Amfterdam

PART II. Of the Unreasonableness of those

extraordinary Restraints upon other Prin-

ciples

176

209

ibid.

219

235