44 DISTRICT. 



zv^fold, in fmall parcels or farms, generally 

 for THREE LIVES named by* the pur chafe r^ 

 or ninetynine years, provided any one of 

 tlie parties, named, furvives that period : 

 referving, however, a fmail annual rent, 

 together with a heriot or other forfeiture, 

 oh the death of each nominee, limilar to 

 thofe attached to the copyhold tenure; 

 which this fpecies of tenancy, cr tenure, 

 very much, refembles : it being ufual to put 

 in frefh lives, as the preceding ones drop 

 off; receiving a fine or adequate purcMfe, 

 for the addition of a frefh life, or lives. 



This ilate of landed property, which is 

 common to the West of England, 

 forms one of the many ftriking featufes, 

 which Rural Economy at prefent exhibits^ 

 in this part of thelfland. 



The advantages of this flate of landed 

 property are few ; its disadvantages many; 

 It is a fatisfaftion to the piirchafcr to know; 

 tlrat, during his o\vn life, and perhaps du- 

 ring that of his fbn, the land whofe tempo- 

 rary pofTeffion lie has thus purchafed wil! 

 remain in his family; and theory fuggefts 

 thatj with fuch a hold, the impro\'cment 



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