i88 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 In thefe inclofures, the fyftems of manage- 

 ment are extremely various, according to 

 the inclination of the perfon ; but they are 

 ufually fown pretty much with lucern, fain- 

 foine, clover, trefoil, or fome artificial 

 grafs, the value of which, through all this 

 province, is reckoned very great. The fmall 

 culture prevails greatly, though not to the 

 exclufion of the great ; the latter is fcat- 

 tered about according to the wealth of the 

 farmers. Where-ever a peafant has a few 

 hundred pounds, he does not commence 

 metayer, but farmer, under leafe j whereas, 

 for being a metayer, he wants no flock, 

 or at lead but a very trifling one, of money, 

 to pay labour. Under the fmall culture, h 

 thinks, that, upon an average through the 

 province, the land yields one third lefs than 

 it does under the great. In the latter, the 

 land is let, as in England, at fo much an 

 acre; rents of this fort vary, from 2s. 6d. 

 an acre to I2S. 6d. but few,, however, reach 

 the latter. Meadows and inclofures let 

 much higher, and a field, well planted with 

 lucern, has been known to let at 255, an 

 acre. Farmers in the great culture are uni- 

 verfally more flourishing, and in better cir- 



cwinftances. 



