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1. Manorial RiGHTt. There are 

 two fpecies of property attached to the 

 manors of this Diftrl(ft, which belong not 

 to EnghlTi manors in general. Thefe are 

 mines and fiilieries. 



The profit arifing from mines is 

 either a fum certain, paid by the miner to 

 the lord of the foil, for fuffering him to 

 break, encumber, and for ever deftroy it ; 

 or fome certain proportion of the mineral 

 produced ; as every fifth, tenth, or twen- 

 tieth " dilh." 



Of the Salmon fishery of the Dif- 

 tri6t, fome accounts will appear in the 

 Minutes. 



2, Tithes, It is, I believe, the uni-t 

 verfal pradice, in the Diflricl under fur- 

 vey, for the Rector, whether lay or cle- 

 rical, to fend valuers over his parifh. pre- 

 fcntly before harvefl, to eflimate the value 

 of his tithes. If the owner of the crop 

 approves of the valuation, he reaps the 

 whole of it : if not, the Redor gathers his 

 tithe in kind : a cireiuT:iftance, however, 

 which, I underftand, feldom. takes place. 



This mode of fettlement is certainly 

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