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The produce of all great manufactures for distant sale must

necessarily depend, not so much upon the dearness or cheapness of

the seasons in the countries where they are carried on, as upon

the circumstances which affect the demand in the countries where

they are consumed; upon peace or war, upon the prosperity or

declension of other rival manufactures and upon the good or bad

humour of their principal customers. A great part of the

extraordinary work, besides, which is probably done in cheap

years, never enters the public registers of manufactures. The

men-servants, who leave their masters, become independent

labourers. The women return to their parents, and commonly spin,

in order to make clothes for themselves and their families. Even

the independent workmen do not always work for public sale, but

are employed by some of their neighbours in manufactures for

family use.