294 BRITISH RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR. 



makes up to a considerable total, must be a man of 

 some substance. It may, however, be allowed that, 

 whilst he must protect himself against the drain of 

 credit on his resources by exacting good profits, he 

 does really stand, as much as do some of the charit- 

 able contributors to a farm labourer's necessities, in the 

 position of a benefactor. 



