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humbly fuppofed, that a general arrangement might 

 be made refpefting tithes, by giving a compenfation 

 in land; and that upon the fame principles on which 

 thofe who aft as commiflioners under inclofine bills 

 determine thefe matters, which is generally by finding 

 the clergyman entitled to one-fifth, or one-fixth of 

 the tillage land, and one-ninth of the pafture, or two- 

 thirteenths of the whole parifli. 



Were this defirable objeft by any means obtainedj 

 improvements in agriculture, and the different breeds 

 of (lock, would no doubt take place; and inftead of 

 the clergyman and his parifliioners living in a ftate 

 of contention or warfare, we fliould fee them living 

 as one great family, in harmony and peace, and the 

 clergyman confidered as the parent and preferver of 

 that bond by which they are united. 



Art. 



