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evitably deftroys, or greatly damages, 

 thirty acres of land. 



All paths are likewife attended with nu- 

 merous evils; they often crofs corn and 

 grafs fields, in which cafe the corn and hay 

 are much trod- and fpoiled, on each fide 

 the path, for a confiderable diftance. This 

 mifchief never fails. 



A path that leads through a turnip 

 field may be known by the peelings, fcat- 

 tered ones, &c. half a mile before you 

 comedo it. 



The idle, wandering, and other people 

 that frequent thefe paths, are fure to flop 

 at every field in ploughing, or any where 

 that men are at work, to have a difh of dif- 

 courfe with the fervants, or labourers ; to 

 the no fmall detriment of the farmer, whofe 

 teams ftand ftill as long as the converfation 

 lafts. 



Hedges are broke down, ftiles damaged, 

 and gates left perpetually open, from both 

 roads and paths, wherever they are found. 



I know a farm of near 300 /. a year, in 

 jLffeXj with a common path through the 

 farm-yard. A more unfortunate circum- 

 ftance could fcarcely happen j it was the 



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