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feafon, they mufl be aiocked or cocked before the 

 farmer can give the reftor, or his petty tyrant of the 

 parifli, notice to fet out the tithe j he mud wait a 

 reafonable time for his arrival on the fpot, before 

 he will venture to decimate ex parte; in the mean 

 time a fudden and heavy rain outftrips the flow-paced 

 t.thingman, and both crop and tithe are much in- 

 jured or totally ruined thereby. If the tithingman 

 does not arrive at the ufual time allotted to him, the 

 farmer leaves the tenth Ihock or cock, and carries 

 the reft of the crop at the riik of a law-fuit. How 

 frequently in fuch feafons do the tithes, rottincx on 

 the ground, meet the eye of the traveller, in every 

 part of England ! 



It is a moft equitable rule, that what concerns all 

 fliould be approved of by all ; the rule of tithincr is 

 approved of by nobody; and the refpeaable body 

 of the clergy, particulariy thofe who refide on their 

 hvmgs, are moft expofed to its baleful effbas; they 

 are aware of the evil, and lament their want of 

 powers to apply an adequate remedy; they are not 

 competent to make certain agreements for a term of 

 years. The tenth of crops produced by land, cul- 

 tivated as it may be, and fliould be, cuts too deep 

 into the farmer's profits, and the clerical reftors 

 have not yet been enabled to adopt any equitable 

 mode by which their rights can be afcertained; and 

 therefore recur to tithes in kind. If a crop of garden- 



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