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to hold, on certain conditions, is drawn up by 

 a lawyer. This, I suppose, I need not say, is 

 called a lease. The conditions are called cove- 

 nants, in which the landlord is naturally dispos- 

 ed to take sufficient care of himself. Without 

 going too much into dry matters, I will just say, 

 that the principal covenant on the landlord's 

 part is, to let the tenant have unmolested pos- 

 session of the farm during the term granted ; 

 and this is an engagement from which he can 

 in no way free himself; even though another 

 should offer him ten times the rent. 



The conditions on the part of the tenant are 

 many, and sometimes grievous; yet such as men 

 will consent to, for the sake of obtaining what 

 they are apt to think, at first, will be a good busi- 

 ness. He agrees to give so much money per 

 mnum, in quarterly payments; he undertakes 



