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The Contents.
Sect. 6. p. 104.
Causes of Dr. Petty's troubles, as they arose from the Envy and Hatred of the People, consisting of several parties and Interests promiscuously.
I. | DIscontent among the Surveyors. | 104 |
II. | The difficulty and impossibility of distinguishing between profitable and unprofitable Land. | 105 |
III. | The hopeful Method of Dr. Petty's beginning the Survey, a cause of Envy. | 106 |
IV. | The Surveyors and others reflecting upon their own merit. | 107 |
V. | Dr. Petty being forced to collect Money from above 500 Members of the Army, a cause much wrangling. | 108 |
VI. | Dr. Petty's too much and too great variety of business, a cause of displeasing many. | 109 |
VII. | Mens own guilt and jealousie who had back-bitten Dr. Petty. | 110 |
Dr. Petty's strictness in discharge of his trust, with the reasons of it. | 111 | |
VIII. | The conveniency which the Agents of the Army and others had to excuse their own miscarriages, by laying them upon D. Petty. | 112 |