fCCf. ri. THE COUNTY OF FIFE. IOJ 



9/, The tenant is sometimes taken bound to 1 

 deliver a certain number of fowls, such as hens, 

 chickens, &c. and to perform certain personal 

 services, such as leading coals, &c. if requir- 

 ed. 



lofb, The tenant is obliged to leave the dung 

 upon his farm at his removal. 



I \th, All disputes between the master and 

 tenant are to be settled by arbitration. 



But though these may be the most common, 

 they are not the only clauses introduced. Lea-.es 

 are found to vary and differ from one another 

 without end, in respect both of the nature and 

 of the number of conditions, according to the 

 state and circumstances of farms, and to the 

 different humours of the landlords, as well as 

 the different purposes they may have in view. 



As leases are contracts which continue in 

 force for a considerable length of time, and in- 

 volve the most important consequences, both 

 to the parties themselves, and to the general 

 improvement of the country, too much pairis 

 and consideration, in devising and framing 

 them, cannot be employed. Impressed with 

 this idea, I shall venture to suggest a few ge- 

 neral hints on such points as I consider most 

 deserving of attention in letting farms. 



I/?, As the tenant is the person whom the 

 proprietor employs as the actual cultivator of 

 his lands, and on whose industry and honesty 

 he depends for the improvement of his estate, 

 and the regular payment of his rents, he can- 

 not be too careful in making a choice. A man 

 of known profligacy, or even of a suspicious 1 ' 

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