24 MANAGEMENT OF ESTATES. 4, 



of its late pofllflbr, the tenants were not 

 only fuffered to heqiieath their farms to their 

 refpedlive relations, but to /i-// the "good- 

 will" of them to ftrangers. 



The effcdsof this perhaps unprecedented 

 indulgence were thefe : the happinefs of 

 thoufands of individuals ; — a refpedability 

 of character of the fource of fo much bene- 

 volence ; a retardation of improvements in 

 hufbandry ; and, confequcntly, a lofs of pro- 

 duce to the prefent community : this being 

 one of the few infiances I have met with, in 

 which a lov/nefs of rent has operated as a 

 caufe of indolence in the renter. 



In the later part of life, this benevolent 

 character, perceiving perhaps the evil effedl 

 of too great indulgence, or aduated by other 

 motives, increafed his rent-roll fome 50 per 

 Wit. But ftiil he prefcrved his refpcdabi- 

 iity : for his farms were fliil moderately 

 rented. 



The prefent pofiefibr has repeated the ad- 

 vance ; but whether v/ith equal propriety 

 and equal credit, is a matter not neceflary to 

 be difcuffed in this place. 



A fimilar 



