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underwood, as well as fruit trees and other 

 trees, except Oak, Afli, and Elm, are, 

 entirely, or under certain regulations^ at the 

 difpofal of the leffee ; and cannot be cut 

 down, by the proprietor of the land, during 

 the demife. 



On the expiration of a leafe for lives, 

 the leflee is allowed, by cuftom, a few^ days 

 for clearing the premifes of liveftock, an4 

 forty days, for dead flock — as grain, fur- 

 niture, &c. but he cannot touch a bough, 

 or a fixture, or remove ftraw, dung, &c. 

 after the mopient of extindion o£ the laft 

 life. 



The LETTING OF FARMS, for a year, 

 or a term of years, is fimilar in method of 

 difpofal, to th^t of felling them for lives : 

 fo forcible would feem to be the tide of 

 cuflom ! 



In Je//mg a farm, an au<5Lion is a fui table 

 medium of difpofal : the feller receives 

 his price or fecurity, before he delivers up 

 pofl'effion ; and the leffee, himfelf, being 

 generally one of the nopiinees, is, in fome 

 meafure, ^one with. 



But 



