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Excerpt from The Public Economy of Athens: To Which Is Added, a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion In connexion with the subject of inscriptions, I may here mention that, in the course of his work, the author, in speaking of the tenure of public land in Attica, has occa sion to quote a proposal or advertisement of a lease, from the original document engraved on stone and still extant*. The inscription is given in the Appendix from a very incorrect transcript made by Chandler, several of whose errors are there rectified. It has Since been published in a more correct form by the author in his collection of inscriptions; but as the copy which he has used is in many parts very defective, there still remained some difficulties which he could not overcome. AS the inscription is preserved in the British Museum, I have made a more accurate copy of it, and taken the liberty of arranging the version in the text, partly according to the latest improvements of the author himself, partly according to what appeared on the inspection of the stone to admit of no doubt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.