infinite number of manufactures flourished all over the kingdom; none were so inconsiderable, as not to enjoy the King's patronage, who examined into the minutest branches, and by the vast, and penetrating capacity of his genius, attained a full comprehension of most arts; he understood their interests, and knew when and how to promote them: by these means, he raised and supported them at a small expence; and did as much real service to trade with one hundred thousand pounds, as many Princes, and even great ones, have performed with treble the sum.
But the immense region of country which the English possessed in North America, was what most extended and forwarded the British manufactures; the King was there Sovereign of a tract of much greater extent than all Europe: the constitution of the several divisionsof
