[490]. Wealth of Nations, I. viii. 44, 1.

[491]. On the whole subject see Craik, Hist. of Commerce, ii. 142–5.

[492]. Macpherson, ditto, iii. 148 (year 1728), 307 (year 1757).

[493]. Ibid., iii. 329, 331; MacC., Comm. Dict. (ed. 1871), p. 430.

[494]. Cf. Essay on Population, p. 352 (7th ed.). Cf. above, p. 25.

[495]. Macpherson, iii. 438, 452.

[496]. Cf. Malthus, Essay on Pop., p. 453 (2nd ed.); Grounds of on Opinion, &c., p. 43.

[497]. E. g. National Industry of Scotland, vol. ii. pp. 208–9 (1779). MacCulloch has quoted other passages (Wealth of Nations, xlviii. n., and Note on Rent, p. 453, 1, and n.). Sir Edward West agrees with Malthus in his qualified approval of the Corn Laws. See Price of Corn, &c., p. 139.

[498]. A reprint of the 3rd (?)

[499]. If we include the Crisis, it would be the fifth time.