These are five sisters that go hand in hand, and must not be parted." Admirable sentiments, which are as true now as they were two hundred years ago, when Yarranton urged them upon the attention of the English public.
On his return from Holland, he accordingly set on foot various schemes of public utility.

He stirred up a movement for the encouragement of the British fisheries.

He made several journeys into Ireland for the purpose of planting new manufactures there.

He surveyed the River Slade with the object of rendering it navigable, and proposed a plan for improving the harbour of Dublin.

He also surveyed the Dee in England with a view to its being connected with the Severn.