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sides with his shepherd, and the keeper is 

 supported by his master. It is in such a 

 situation when "feeling" has been en- 

 gendered that foolish and destructive 

 action by the one party or the other is 

 sometimes taken. Control of heather 

 burning should principally remain with 

 the landlord ; not that he may arbitrarily 

 dictate to either of his tenants the precise 

 periods, methods, and extents of burning, 

 but that he should hold the balance evenly 

 when contention arises. In practice, an 

 arrangement such as the following has 

 been generally found to work smoothly : 

 The tenant desiring to have heather 

 burnt notifies this to his landlord or his 

 factor, and names a day when, weather 

 permitting, he wishes this done, whereupon 

 the proper estate official informs the 

 tenant, if he be a farmer, that the estate 

 keepers and other assistants, if required, 

 will be on the ground at the appointed 

 time to meet the shepherds, and proceed 

 with the burning in terms of the condi- 

 tions of tenancy. The same course is 



