A PREFACE to VOL. XVI. LL confiderate Lords of the Soil will, for good reafons, not only continue in poffeffion a Tenant, who holds merely at pleasure, fo long as he duly performs Suit and Service, but will alfo allow him proportionable Advantages, if, thro' his induftry, and enquiries of fkilful perfons, he fhall improve the Premiffes. Such Tenant has an equitable, tho' not a legal, claim; and gladly acquiefces in all liberty granted of fporting in the manor, because it renders his affiduous culture, and his application of the profits to further improvements, apparent to more witneffes, who, by a juft report, cannot but increafe the good understanding between him and the Lord. A relation fomewhat like this, between Tenant and Lord, Mr Urban always confider'd as fubfifting between himself and the public, whofe encouragement he gratefully acknowledges to have experienced equally with the most favour'd tenant; and in particular by an increafed and unexpected † demand of 3,000 Magazines monthly fince his laft addrefs of this fort, notwithItanding the many new competitors, fo well has his endeavours to fulfil the bold promife there made, with the kind affistance of his ingenious, learned, and skilful correfpondents, fucceeded; and fuch credit does every imitation add to an ORIGINAL. He will not be the lefs ftudious to please his numerous Lords proprietors, and the more infpectors they permit, the more witneffes will there be of his care. It is necessary to mention this, to excufe many of the trade, for not duly complying with their orders from the country; fince feveral months of this year being twice entirely fold, they were obliged to wait for further impreffions, which could not be fo fpeedily worked off, as might be defired, feveral former months being at the fame time in the prefs, in order to make compleat fets. ** Directions for placing the MAPS and COPPER PLATES, funless Gentlemen should give different Orders.) THE Bookbinder would do well to place the whole fheet chart of New England, New France, Cape Breton, Canada, &c. publifh'd with January Magazine, between P. 72 and 73, where is M. Bellin's defcription of it, or at the end of the volume. . Plate II. facing p. 177. Plate III. D. of Cumberland's head, as a frontispiece at beginning the Plate IV. facing p. 316. Plate VI. Shewing the country about Carlisle, and the routes taken by the rebels, facing p. 233. Plate VII. facing p. bor. On his prefenting the Author with a compleat fett of his MAGAZINES 1746. To please the taste, luxurious meat Smokes on the board, a dang'rous treat! With this the glitt'ring fide-board vies In nectar'd draughts of various dyes: But the deep bowl the guest betrays... To pain and death a thousand ways, The flaming gem from Indian mines The lover for his nymph defigns; Her hand receives the ring with joy, Her eyes admire the shining toy; Pride, quicken'd by the rays of art, Takes wing, and flutters at her heart; Awhile thus reptiles dormant lie, The fun breaks out - they 'wake, they fly.. But You the beaten track disdain, If gay-the Muse with tuneful pow'r What publick + works adorn our ille; What diftant ++ lands of France the Spoil; Machines which Mathefis, with care, Applies to fire, and earth, and air; Britain's best friend **, and fubtleft foe, t And all the Curious wish to know. If moral views engage my mind— When private woes expos'd to fame Without distinction feed the grave! BRITANNICUS. Roman altars, Leaden bullets, Hour glafs, &c. + Ifle Royal, or Cape Breton. (See the map on which are the plans of Louifbourg, Quebec, and Fort Dauphin; but the latter, tho' projected as laid down there, was never built.) Carlisle, its caftle, plan and adjacent country. + Provence, Louisbourg. +Weminfter new bridge. ** Duke of Cumberland. cutter, Harrow, § Ventilators. Candlestick. Ant-hill + Ld Loval. POETRY. A two part fong, fet by Mr Allcock-Verfes to the Rev. Mr War To his royal highnefs the duke of Cumb berland, in imitation of Horace, Fam Ode for the new year, in imitation of To the R. of Chesterfield; by a journey. man bricklayer. To the Scarborough declaimer againft hoops and hats, by a lady.-Verfes from a print of the The Lark; a fable, addrefs'd to the duke of Cumberland, by a clergyman-On the death of Dr Broome.-Veries for the 29th of May (not Jan. 30, as printed |