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arable end meadow land of the toxvnfhip, had 

 a right to a like portion of the herbage of the 

 comnlon paftures •, and this without any re- 

 gard to the time of its being credited ; 

 namely, whether before or after the laying 

 out of the tovvnfliip. 



But with refpedt to the fuel, and thtpaitage, 

 (when thefc were not refeived to the lord) 

 the original intention vvas undoubtedly diffe- 

 rent •, for a certain plot of woodland (fc-r in- 

 flarice) was fet out in proportion to the num- 

 ber of hotifes in the townfhip at the time of 

 fetting out. This was a grant of the lord 

 to the hotifes in being at the time of the 

 grant j which particular houfes thereby ob- 

 tained an cxclufive right to the fuel and pan- 

 age thus granted ; oihcrwife an uniim.ted 

 and exceffive increafe of houfes might have 

 abridged the original habitations in their 

 riohtj and have done away the original in- 

 tention. 



Since the ilnprovements in navigation and 

 the art of mining have taken phicc, many 

 common woodlands have probably been 

 cleared away ; for it is evident, from ob- 



fcrvation 



