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JV* O T B S. 



(a) Mr. James remarks, that ct Icafes, 1x10(1 a flu redly, may 

 " be granted, for too long a period, as the contrary. That 

 • : juft equilibrium of intereft, which is fo eflential between 

 "the landlord and his tenant, would be in danger of being 

 «' deflroyed, by running into either extremes: if a leafc is 

 «« for a fhort period, the latter is without any ftimulus to 

 " employ his capital in improvements of any kind, and it 

 <; very frequently may prove a temptation to injure the farm, 

 " by with-holding even thofe which arc absolutely neceflary; 

 " on the other hand, if the leafe is for too long a term, the 

 " tenant is likely to become too independent — twenty- 

 " one years I conceive to be the true medium. But that any 

 " fhould be mad enough, and fo completely blinded to their 

 if own intereft, and that of fociety, for a conneftion there 

 " certainly is, as I have before obferved, not to grant any 

 " leafes at all, is fcarcely to be believed. — Trace this to its 

 " fource, and you will difcover it to proceed from prejudice, 

 " the legitimate child of ignorance and pride." 



(b) Mr. Baillie very properly obferves here, " that Mr. 

 *'• Coke is one of the beft friends to agriculture, in all its va- 

 «' riations, that this ifland affords, and is deicrving of beinj 

 " held out as a pattern." 



(c) Mr. Strachey thinks, {C a full abftraft or copy of one 

 ** of thefe leafes in the Appendix will be ufeful." A fhort 

 abftra£l fliall accordingly be infertcd. 



(d) Mr. WagftafF fays, "this do&rinc of lcafi-s, with the 

 " fubfequent remarks on their expediency, is founded on 



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