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originating in cuftom or tide, prior to that by which 

 the eflate is held; but where much improvement is 

 wajited, and efpeciajly in the ctdtivatioit of all fens, 

 bogs, and other barren and unprodudive wajie lands, 

 the matter is widely different ; for infuch cafes, almofi 

 the whole value of the land depeyids on perfonal labour, 

 fkill, and induflry, and the advance and rifque of pri- 

 vate property: therefore, fomething feems neceffary to 

 be done to remove fo great a bar to the improvement 

 of fuch unprodudive land. Whether corn rents, 

 proportioned to the value of the land, could be 

 adopted, or any other equitable means could be de- 

 vifed for that purpofe, the wifdom of parliament, 

 under the fuggeftions of the Board, is bed able to 

 determine. 



Survey of Yorkshire, p. i8. 



Tithes: This is a mod: important fubjeft, which 

 we fliall afterwards have occafion to mention. At 

 prefent it is only neceffary to obferve, that they are 

 collefted in various ways. 



In fome parts the fmall tithes are only drawn in 

 kind, and a modus is taken in lieu of great ones. In 

 other parts it is the cuflom for the tithe-owner to 

 fend a perfon before harvefl: to value the tithes in the 

 parifli, and afterwards to deliver an eftimate of their 



value 



