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Land fells at 30 years purchafe: Very 

 few fmall eftates. 



Tythes in general compounded. 

 It is not the cuftom for the farmers to 

 raife any thing, by way of rate, for the 

 maintenance of their poor, but each keeps 

 his own fliare : As to the expence, it 

 fcarcely amounts to a farthing in the pound. 

 The poor women and children have no 

 employment. They are not tea drinkers, 

 but fmoke tobacco immoderately. 



The farmers carry their corn eight miles. 

 The oeconomy of their farms may be 

 fcen from the following iketches. 

 6000 acres in all 

 2000 arable 

 4000 grafs 

 ^. 1050 rent 

 100 horics 

 80 oxen 

 30 cows 

 200 young cattle , 



8 coo fheep 

 12 men 

 6 boys 

 6 maids 

 80 labourers 

 ' 1 5' ploughs 

 20 carts. Another, 



