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appendage that could make our refidcnce 

 agreeable. But this quantity of land, 

 though entire property, no other perfons 

 having any rights of commonage upon it, 

 brought in a revenue furprifingly fmall. 

 Firft, there was an old chateau, roomy 

 and convenient, but out of repair ; fecondly, 

 there was a vineyard of four acres, which 

 yielded good wine, and a very excellent 

 kitchen-garden ; thirdly, there were eigh- 

 teen tenants, one paid for a right to feed 

 fheep on a part of theeflate, two others for 

 keeping cows on it, four others for fmall 

 plots of land, little larger than gardens, 

 and two who were called farmers : the reft 

 were cottagers. In fhort, the whole rental 

 of the eftate amounted to no more than. 

 63!. 6s. ayear. We made ourfelves acquainted 

 with all thefe particulars, vilited every one 

 of our tenants, even the fmalleft cottager, 

 enquired of them their names, profeiTions, 

 way of life, and wants ; and, in a word, 

 preiently became thoroughly acquainted 

 with our circumflances and neighbourhood 

 in every particular. 



" Here, therefore, we fct out, with art 

 eftate of 63!. a year, and near 5,000!. in 



our 



