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foon \% it is eut, and to keep it in band, as it is here 

 termed, for 7 years, except againft the deer, which 

 are let in at the expiration of 4 years ; but the 

 cattle belonging to the commoners, are not let in till 

 the end of 7 years from the time of cutting •, fo that 

 there are always 7 parts or fales conftantly in band, 

 and in which the cattle of the commoners are not 

 permitted at any time to departure. But from 

 the depredations to which the young underwood 

 is fubjed, by fo early an invafion of the deer and 

 cattle, even at the regular and dated times be- 

 fore mentioned, befides the great damage frequent* 

 ly fuftained from inattention to the repairs of th©- 

 fences, during the time it fhould be kept in band •, 

 the heavy expences attending the making a new 

 fence in the firft inftance, and the continual expence 

 incurred in keeping it in repair, during the time it 

 ihould ftand, make the profit arifing from the un- 

 derwood, very inconfiderable to the proprietor, com- 

 pared with any moderate rent that might be expedl- 

 ed from the land. The foreft underwood, through 

 he whole fale, or part which is cut, does not in ge- 

 neral bring above L. 4 the ftatute acre, though 

 fometimes it is fold as high as L. 6 the acre upon an 

 average of the whole fale ; but this depends entirely 

 on good management in keeping the fences in pro- 

 per repair, fo as to prevent the deer and cattle from 

 breaking in before the limited periods, as well as in 

 fuffering the underwood to (land to a greater age 

 than ufual. 



At the time the underwood is to be cut, it is par- 

 celled out into fmall regular fized lots, generally 

 confifting of about a ftatute rood of ground ; the di- 

 vifions of the lots are made by cutting a number of 

 fmall pafTages or openings called trenches, which inter- 

 fedl each other at regular diftances, and thefe trenches 

 are juft cut wide enough to admit of a paflage be- 

 tween each lot ; the underwood is valued and fold 



ftanding. 



