4. Y O R K S H I R F. 103 



It has already been fccn, that v/hcn the 

 tithe and the lordlhip are able to draw over 

 to them a third intercll, they can gain the 

 deiired point. But the evil cffecfts of Inclo- 

 fures thus condudied have alfo been feen. 

 Therefore, in fixing a general rule for the 

 quantity of approbation requifite to an In- 

 clofure, the other interefls are more particu- 

 larly to be attended to. 



Were the lands and the houfes equally fitu- 

 ated with refped: to the commons to be in- 

 clofed, amajority o( t:\c\\ might be lufficienr. 

 But this not being the cafe in any townlliip, 

 a larger proportion fcems necefTary. Tbree- 

 fcurths might in many cafes be too fmall ; 

 but as Inclofures arc, in all human probabi- 

 lity, beneficial to the public, it might be im- 

 politic to fix it higher. 



Thus it appears to me, that in framing 

 a general law of Inclofure, three-fourths in 

 value of the land, and three-fourths in num- 

 ber of the houfes, with the confent of the 

 lord of the foil, ou^jht to be confidered as 

 the requifite quantity of approbation. 

 The QUANTITY OF RIGHT ofthc fcvcral in- 

 ji:erefls, and of the individuals of each intercil:, 

 II 4 has 



