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they frequently occafion the rot, and 

 other diftempers in cattle; and often de- 

 ftroy as many as they fupport. 



Many pariflies pofiefs a right of com- 

 mon upon a thoufand acres ; which, if 

 cultivated, would be v/orth from 500/. 

 to 1000/. a year. In thcfe, the poor- 

 rates are, generally, higher, than where 

 there is no common at all. To account 

 for this, it is replied, that there is a 

 greater number of inhabitants, than there 

 is in a parifh, of equal iize, where there 

 is no common. Very true; there may 

 be more inhabitants, in proportion to the 

 cultivated parts of the land, in the one 

 parifh, than in the other ; but if the pa- 

 rifh which has the common, were all 

 cultivated, as well as the other, the poor 

 would find fuller employment; and as 

 the proportion of profitable land would 

 be greater, the rates, ©f courfe, would be 

 H 4 eafed ; 



