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adiy. The mafter receives part of his rent, and 

 the parfon his tithes in lambs j and the people, to 

 prevent a true account, never gather them from 

 the hills, nor tend them, but mark them and let 

 them run. Some are ftolen, 



2dly* Many fall viftims to dogs, eagles, and ra- 

 vens, in fpring j and fome are fmothered or drowned 

 in winter, by almoft a total negleft of them by 

 the owners, 



/^hly. As tenants feldom receive money from 

 thefe monopolizing mailers, they are forced to fell 

 their ftock privately to purchafe neceff^ies. 



Stbfy. From a fhort-fightednefs peculiar to ^his 

 people, they feldom look beyond the enjoyments 

 of the day. Cau/e: As foon as a farmer is thri- 

 ving, he gets a warning to remove, and muft buy 

 his peace by a fum of money proportioned to his 

 circumftances. 



Indeed, premiums have been offered to encou- 

 rage breedings but as the landholders diftributp 

 thcfe, no fhare is allotted to the farmers, who alone 

 have the power of giving effed to thefe defigns. . 



Now 



