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Perhaps fuch fervices originated from the poverty of the te- 

 nantry in former times, and the fcarcity of a circulating medium* 

 Be this as it may, they have generally been laid afidc when im- 

 provements vjtxt introduced •, and it is to be hoped that a jult 

 view of their hurtful confequencl-s will, in a little time, caufe 

 them to be totally abandoned. Even llatute labour, when exact- 

 ed in kind, is To oppreiTive to the tenantry, that many counties 

 have changed it into a money payment. We fnould be glad to 

 learn, whether this relief has been granted in England. 



We are not afraid, that either proprietors or tenants of Scot- 

 land will fufi'er by an appeal to the greiit ch.irailers eondefcended 

 upon by our correfpondent. That the tenantry of Scotland have 

 ibme difficulties to encounter, we allow ; that their general fitua- 

 tion might be ameliorated, ws do not difpute ; but that the nature 

 of the connexion betwixt the proprietors and them is formed up- 

 on more hberal principles than ihofe avi.led upon in our fifler 

 kingdom, we ftrenuoufly maintain. I-.et Jmicus Scotia look to 

 the claufc in the majority of Englifh leafes, wherein the tenant 

 is taken bound to pay all parliamentary and parochial taxes al- 

 ready impofed or to be impofed. Let him re^icit upon the baneful 

 confequences of the tithe fyftem, which cut equally deep upon 

 the interefl of landlords and tenants. Let him confider the per- 

 nicious effects of the poor^aws, which threaten to eat up pro- 

 perty altogether, without materially benefiting the lower ranks. 

 We fay, let him refle£l upon thefe matters, and declare, wliether 

 common fefife is a more plentiful commodky in the one country, 

 than in the other. N. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OP THE FAB.TdER's MAGAZINE, 



Thoughts cn certain Ohjlach-s to hnprovemeni. 

 Sir, 



That tlie adoption of an improved fyftem in the managemcni 

 of landed eftates would greatly incrcafe our population and nation- 

 al ilrength, is a pofition that will icarcely be contradicted : it 

 vtherefore muft give every true friend to his country much con- 

 cern, that a different fyftem is purfued by fo many of our landed 

 proprietors ; and, with your permiiTion, I now propofc to offer 

 fome remarks on this fubject-. 



In the courfe of pretty long and attentive obfervation in differ- 

 ent parts of the country, it has ftruck me very forcibly, that the 

 Jjjoft important improvements have been effedted, and the great- 



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