236 JOHNSTOWN. 



a fair : nothing that has obflructed the exe- 

 cution of juftice. 



There is no objection to cutting off the cot- 

 tars from a farm, and making them tenants 

 to the landlord, upon the fcore of difficulty in 

 letting a farm without cottars upon it, provid- 

 ed they were kept perfectly diftinct by a good 

 fence. Nor is there any doubt but out of 

 them a race of little farmers might be gra- 

 dually formed. 



Land at improved rents fells at 20 years 

 purchafe. Rents are doubled in 20 years j 

 they are not fallen fince 1772. Leafes are 

 ufually for three lives, or thirty-one years. 



The interefl of money has certainly rifen, 

 and the year's purchafe of land fallen in twen- 

 ty years $ yet in the fame period it is un- 

 doubted that the kingdom has improved 

 greatly, which has the appearance of a con- 

 tradiction. Buildings have very much in- 

 creafed in all the towns, and in a flile far fu- 

 perior to former periods. 



Tythes are very rarely taken in kind. Bere 

 and wheat pay 6s. an acre. Barley and oats, 

 35. Potatoes, 6s. They are generally let tp 

 proctors, who are fevere to the poor, and very 

 indulgent to gentlemen. The rigour, however, 

 does not extend beyond thole prices. 



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