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torn down by cattle, when the adjoining 

 field is in a {late of pafture, are other dif- 

 advantages. ^ 



But every fpecies offence has its difad- 

 vantages, and whether, upon the whole, 

 that under confideration is preferable to the 

 ordinary live hcdge'of the kingdom, I will 

 not attempt to decide. In an Upland Dif- 

 tria, and where the fields are of a good fize, 

 coppice fences are more eligible, than 

 they would be, in a low flat country, with 

 fmall inclofures ; and much more eligible in 

 a Diflria, where wood is the only fuel, 

 than they would be in a coal country. 



To the fportfman, thefe fences are un- 

 friendly ; and, to an invading army, they 

 would be moll embarraffing : an extent of 

 country, interfeded byfuch barriers, would 

 be, in efi^ft, one immenfe fortification. 



V. The DISPOSAL OF FARMS in 



this Dillridl may be faid to be threefold; 



namely. 



Selling them for lives,, 

 Letting them for a term, and 

 Occupying them in hulbandry, 



p -^ The 



