chap. XVI. THE COUNTY OF FIFE. 357 



then he shall be entitled to 10 year's purchase 

 of such proportion. But if two-thirds and up- 

 wards of the rise-rent offered are clearly owing 

 to his improvements, in that case, though his 

 claim in point of justice cannot extend so far, 

 yet, to encourage him to unremitting exertion, 

 he shall be entitled to ten year's purchase of the. 

 whole rise-rent. To ascertain how much of the 

 rise-rent is to be stated to the account of the te- 

 nant's improvements may be difficult ; but it is 

 not impossible. A survey of the farm, at the 

 commencement and termination of the different 

 periods, by competent judges, and a fair calcula- 

 tion of the difference, in the quantity of grain, 

 the farm is capable of producing, and in the 

 number of cattle it can maintain, at these periods, 

 would enable parties to form a judgment of the 

 matter, sufficiently exact for the purpose in 

 view. 



But if this point cannot be adjusted in an e- 

 quitable and satisfactory manner, the following 

 plan, or something similar to it, might be adopt- 

 ed. 



Let the duration of the lease extend to 42 

 years, divided into two periods of 2 1 years each : 

 That the proprietor may not suffer by the depre- 

 ciation of money during so long a lease, let the 

 rent be fixed in kind, and made payable by the 

 county fiars, and let a reasonable advance of rent, 

 such as the parties can agree upon, be stated and 

 made payable at the commencement of the se- 

 cond period. As the speedy and extensive im- 

 provement of the soil is a principal object, and 

 as the length of the lease is designed to encour- 

 age and reward the exertions of the tenaat, let 



