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The increase of the wealth of Europe, and the popular notion,

that as the quantity of the precious metals naturally increases

with the increase of wealth, so their value diminishes as their

quantity increases, may, perhaps, dispose many people to believe

that their value still continues to fall in the European market;

and the still gradually increasing price of many parts of the

rude produce of land may confirm them still farther in this

opinion.