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had been e^rantcd. A tenant at will can leave a 

 farm if he thinks his landlord is unjust or dis- 

 agreeable, and the land bad ; and the same alter- 

 native is also open to the landlord — he can get 

 rid of a tenant who has rendered himself in any 

 way objectionable. A tenant at will can receive 

 compensation for money expended in improve- 

 ments, and being liable to be turned out of his 

 farm, he is, for that reason, if he likes his position, 

 kept to his good behaviour. 



I know an instance which occurred in the first 

 Lord Fitzhardinge's time at Berkeley Castle, and 

 which proves the good resulting to the tenant 

 from the system of tenancy at will. A tenant, 

 whose family before him had for years rented 

 under the Castle, came to me to ask me to 

 intercede for him, and to get his landlord. Lord 

 Fitzhardinge, to take the right of killing rabbits 

 away from the keepers. I have already given 

 my opinion respecting the doubtful wisdom shown 

 by a master in granting this perquisite to his 

 keeper. 



In this instance, the tenant of Lugg's Farm 



told me, ^^that he would not have cared for tlie 



damage done to his crops if it had been done 



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