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while to fell a part of his eilate, to inie 



prove the refr. Next to draining, clay- 

 ing, marling, and chalking deferve libe- 

 ral encouragement ; and where a tenant 

 has fpirit to fet his hand to thefe capital 

 cbjeifts, leafes, of tv/enty-one years at 

 Icaft, (hould never be with-held ; for, 

 where they are, the owner of the eftate 

 is guilty of a prefent injury to the pub- 

 lic, and a future one to his own pofte- 

 rity. Eftates, undoubtedly, ought to be 

 let for their fair value. The bad effects 

 are equal, whether they be under-let, or 

 over-let; in the one cafe, the tenant is 

 frequently negligent, in the ether, he is 

 difcouraged ; but, when the true value 

 of an eftate is known, and a good tenant 

 oiFers, it is unreafonable to exped: him 

 to rifk his property, without putting him 

 upon a footing of fome certainty. And 



therefore 



