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feams of dung or frefh maiden earth to fet 

 each plant in : being allowed the old trees 

 for his trouble. 



Also not to fell Hay, Straw, &c. except 

 ** Reeu (or unthrafhed Straw). 



Also not to affignover, &c. &c. Sec. 



VII. RENT. The rent of the larger 

 arable farms, on which hufbandry is the 

 principal objecTt, is from ten fhillings to> 



.twenty {hillings an acre ; accorL^ing to the 

 quality of the foil, its lituation, and atten- 

 dant circumflances. Small farms, with a 

 large proportion of orchard ground lying 

 to them, pay higher rents. 



VIII. R.EMOVAL. Ladyday is the 

 accuflomed tim.e of entry and transfer. 



IX. MANOR COURTS. Thefe 

 Courts, as we have already intimated, are 

 regularly held. Conventionary or life- 

 leafe tenants are conlidered in the light of 

 copyholders ; and, by the cullom of the 

 country, freeholders attend Manor Courts ; 

 which, however, are principally held for 

 the RECEIPT OF RENTS, whether con- 

 ventional or predial. division 



