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probably,- heretofore was granted, and may 

 ftill be traceable, in different parts of the 

 kinordom, gives the occupiers of one parifh 

 liberty to drive their cattle to water over the 

 commons of another, which happen to lie 

 between a mcfluage, hamlet, or village, and 

 a brook or other convenient watering-place ; 

 with, however, a provifion, that the cattle fo 

 watered iliall not be fuffered to ** couch and 

 Iciyer" on the ground driven over. But 

 this original ftipulation having in fome 

 cafes been neglefted to be complied with, 

 the windrake has in time grown into a right 

 of commonage. An inftance wherein fuch a 

 ricrht has been eftablifhed will be mentioned 



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under the article Inclosures. 



GENERAL 



