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tenants, will have the greateft and beft paid 

 rents, and his eftate firft improved. 



If other circumftances are alike, whether 

 the proprietor conducts his bufinefs perfon- 

 ally, or by a fteward, he muft have what in 

 Scotland is called a good ground-officer ; a 

 perfon who has fkill, and knows the charac- 

 ters of the people of the country. 



The following relation given by Mr Mar- 

 fliall, is a proof how eafily the moft unpro- 

 miiing land may be improved, if a landlord 

 acts with liberality, and a tenant pofTeiTes in- 

 genuity and induftry. 



P. 367. " Minute 37. A principal part of 

 " the heath land was laid to the farm of Mr 

 " Prieft, the young man above-mentioned ; 

 " and was let to him on the following 



1 terms 



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Landlord agreed to raife fences, hang 

 gates, build a new barn upon a large fcale, 

 make other alterations, and put the whole 

 of the buildings into thorough repair. 

 " The tenant agreed to marie twenty acres 

 every year, until the whole mould be 



c marled, at the rate of twenty cart loads an 



" acre. 



" The rent agreed upon was this : Nothing 



" until 



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