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the benefits which would refult from the inclofure 

 of this great tratt of land, to the eflimation of the 

 financier (a). 



And why mould not this rude trad of land be 

 cultivated ? Why mould this rough jewel remain 

 unpolilhed? 



NO T E S. 



(a) Mr. James remarks thus : — "The advantages the public 

 (i muft derive, from a proper cultivation of all the wade lands 

 '« and commons through the kingdom, fecm to be obvious to 

 l: every one who is devoid of prejudice. The principal, indeed, 

 *' the only impediment, which has any weight with me, upon 

 "this fubjett, is the encroachment it may occafion upon the 

 " rights and privileges of the poor, and, if they are deprived 

 "of them in oneway, the difficulty of afccrtaining what they 

 " are precifely, and of providing them with an equivalent' 

 " Some have propofed doing this by allotting a piece of land 

 " to every cottage, but this method, at firft fight, muft ap- 

 " pear objectionable, as this addition becoming the property 

 « : of the perfon to whom the cottage already belongs, the 

 " benefit will not extend beyond its prefent tenant, and 

 " property will not remain with him for any length of time, 

 " as it may prove a temptation to his landlord to advance his 

 " rent, and in a proportion inconfiftent with the advantages 

 " he may derive from it. Others have thrown out an idea of 

 " purchafing the wade lands from their refpettive parifhes, 

 " and cftablifhing a fund for the benefit of the poor, and 



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