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him by Acts of Parliament to transfer his obli- 

 gations to tenants, the good-will of the business, 

 to use a commercial phrase, for a term of years, 

 securing to the latter the privileges of the former 

 according to agreement. The farms are to let 

 on leases: among others six unexceptionable 

 candidates make their appearance. Invariably 

 when taking a farm the worst tenants are the 

 loudest in their pretensions to merits of a 

 superior kind ; and the small ones of the Sister 

 Isle are not the least noisy. In the present 

 case, however, all are equal. 



The English candidates A. B. concur in 

 their opinions relative to the conditions of lease 

 and the meliorations to be executed. They 

 harmonise with those of the landlord and his 

 duty to the nation. They are just what they 

 should be. A. offers 210/. and B. 2007. The 

 former, from being equally an industrious, im- 

 proving, and in every respect an eligible farmer, 

 becomes tenant, and consequently receives pos- 

 session of the farm for the period of one year 

 certain. Both parties being satisfied with each 

 other, the relation continues to subsist between 

 them. At the expiry of a definite period of 

 time, say twenty years, an advance of rent is 



