iSoo. On Matiorial Claims^ 23 



Upon the whole, it appears, that the interefl: of the piro- 

 prietor, the comfort and ufefulnefs of the tenant, and the 

 good of the community, require that flieep farms Ihould be 

 of confiderable extent; and that if the fuggeftions of Mr R. 

 were reduced to praftice, the rent of the landlord, the condi- 

 tion of the tenant, and the advantage of. the State, would be 

 leflened and injured, wliile no benefit coulii poflibly follow ; 

 unlefs the number of idle men and women, ufelefsly living 

 upon the premifes, and confuming the produce of the fields 

 and the flocks, could be viewed as fuch. 



We have dwelt longer upon this fubjeft than was intended; 

 but we trufl that its importance, and the manner in which it 

 has been difcufled by a majority of the clergy, will be confi- 

 dered as a fufficient apology. N. 



rOR THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. 

 On Alanorial Claims. 



iThe follonvitig inter ejl'ing EJfayy on the operation of Manorial 



Claims^ has been i ran/mi tied to us by a ivurthy friend in 



England, ivho is intimately acquainted with every branch of 



Rural Econofiiy, the profperity of ivh'ich he juflly views as a 



' mofl important national concern. To our Scotiffj reader s^ the 



fubjeBs here difcujfed will be almofl neiv ; confequently, the per- 

 ufal of this paper cannot fail to afford them much information. 

 While 'uie earnejlly wiJJ} the removal of thefe grievances from 

 our foiithern neighbours y we at the fame time exultingly cctitem-' 



plate the conflitution of this northern part of the Ifle^ which has 

 happily ordered matters in a way more conducive to general 

 advantage.'^ 



It is not the intention of the writer of thefe defultory 

 hints, to enter much, if at all, into the Origin and Kiflory of 

 Manorial Claims; but to exprefs a few ideas, as they may arife, 

 on the bearings and operation of fuch claims on the exiil:ing 

 ftate of fociety in this ifland ; a Hate furely very diilerent from 

 that in which the origination of manors found it, in regard 

 not only to population, but to tenures and induflry. 



Thefe privileged claims or rights may be confidered in 

 feveral points of view, viz. i. The Game of the Manor or 

 Diftricl. 2. Suit and Service to Freehold, and more parti- 

 cularly to Copyhold Courts. 3. Mill Sokes. 4. Wafte, or 

 Common Lands. 5. Minerals. 6. and ladly, Cour;:s Leet, 

 and Courts Baron. 



I. The Game of a Manor, i.e. deer, hares, partridges, phea- 

 fantSj and moor game or groufe, &c. was, at a remote period, 



B 4 conCdfr^d 



