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The materials of lodging cannot always be transported to so great

a distance as those of clothing, and do not so readily become an

object of foreign commerce. When they are superabundant in the

country which produces them, it frequently happens, even in the

present commercial state of the world, that they are of no value

to the landlord. A good stone quarry in the neighbourhood of

London would afford a considerable rent. In many parts of

Scotland and Wales it affords none. Barren timber for building is

of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the

land which produces it affords a considerable rent. But in many

parts of North America, the landlord would be much obliged to any

body who would carry away the greater part of his large trees. In

some parts of the Highlands of Scotland, the bark is the only

part of the wood which, for want of roads and water-carriage, can

be sent to market; the timber is left to rot upon the ground.