AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap, Xil. 



pence, in the first place ; they have a sufficient 

 compensation- for their money, during the cur- 

 rency of the existing lease ; and as the improve- 

 ment, if properly executed, is of a permanent 

 nature, they may expect more than full indem- 

 nification by the consequent rise of rent. Nei- 

 ther can the tenant have any objection to pay a 

 reasonable interest for the money, as his profits 

 must be considerable, by the increased value of 

 the ground. In fixing the per-centage, howe- 

 ver, payable by the tenant, regard must be had 

 to the quality of the ground, and the period, 

 whether it shall be near or more remote, when 

 the draining may yield him the expected advan- 

 tages. In this way the improvement of the 

 country is accelerated, and the land put into a 

 state to be let at its full value at the expiration, 

 of the current lease. 



SECT. II. PARING AND BURNING. 



THIS has been seldom practised. The few 

 instances in which it has been tried, have been, 

 generally, on fenny ground newly drained ; or 

 on land having a mossy surface, where it has al- 

 ways answered expectation. 



With respect to the propriety of this practice, 

 different opinions have been held. By some it 

 has been condemned as wasting and destroying 

 the staple of the ground ; and, by others, recom- 

 mended as an improvement of the first import- 

 ance. Both opinions, I dare say, have been 

 the result of experiments fairly made, and there- 

 fore may be right, so far as experience goes. 



