b«rne and submitted to with the greatest cheerfulness, the satifaction of being Landholders smooths every difficulty, & makes them prefer this manner of living to that comfortable subsistence which they could procure for themselves and their families by working at the Trades in which they were

brought up.

The Master of a Glass-house; which was set up here a few years ago now a Bankrupt, assured me that his ruin was owing to no other cause than being deserted in this manner by the Servants, which he had Imported at a great expence; and that many others had suffered and been reduced as he was, by the same kind of misfortune.

The little Foundry lately set up near tins Town for making Small Iron Potts is under the direction of a few private persons, and as yet very inconsiderable.

As to the Foundaries which Mr Hasenclaver has set up in the different parts of this Country, I do not mention them, as he will be able to give your Lordships a full account of them and of the progress he has already made; I can only say that I think this Province is under very great obligations to him for the large sums of money he has laid out here in

promoting the Cultivation of Hemp, and

introducing the valuable Manufacture of Iron and Pot Ash. I have the honor to be &c.

H. Moore.

GOV.

MOORE TO LORD HILLSBOROUGH. [Lond. Doc. XL1.] Fort George, New York, 7 May. 1768.