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juftice done to farms-, namely, long leafes, or, a cer- 

 tainty of the occupying tenant always having the pre- 

 ference given to him at the expiration of a fhort leafe. 

 The fyftem of giving long leafes (fuppofe thirty-one 

 years, or three lives) is certainly the beft mode in this 

 county, as there is feldom found that degree of con- 

 fidence between landlord and tenant, which in Eng- 

 land has been Co happily experienced for ages back, 

 and, in -all probability, will be the cafe to the end of 

 time. How happy would be the fituation of thoufands 

 of our yeomanry, were they upon the fame footing of 

 many of the Englifh, in point of good underftanding 

 between party and party, or landlord and tenant ? 



In many parts of England, a good old rule is punc- 

 tually obferved, namely ; one-third of the produce of 

 a farm for the lord of the foil ; one-third for wear and 

 tear j and one-third for the cultivator of the foil. Here 

 \vc have but few inftances of this equitable mode. 



In England there is nothing more common, than to 

 have no leafes at all between parties, but only to go on 

 from year to year, ajid raife the rent occafionally, as 

 the nature of the cafe may be, or fliall be found agree- 

 able to the parties concerned. 



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