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third more than what he gives his own 

 landlord. If thefe little places were in 

 greater plenty, and let by gentlemen of 

 fortune at only fifteen, or twenty per 

 cent, more than their large farms, the 

 more inconliderable owners of eftates 

 would not be able, to obtain their pre- 

 fent exorbitant terms 5 but, while thofe 

 places are fo few in number, people who 

 are in abfolute want of them, muft give 

 whatever is afked for them ; and the rent 

 is often fo high, that induftry itfelf cannot 

 get a livelihood upon them. 



The better regulation of this impor- 

 tant concern, affords an extenfive field, 

 in which gentlemen of fortune may laud- 

 ably exercife their talents, of every kind ; 

 and, upon refled:ion, they mufh.be con- 

 vinced, that it is the number of ufeful 

 inhabitants, that flamps a high value on 



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