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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