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VII. And if I am not greatly miftaken> 

 even this means of redrefs is more limited 

 than in moft other cafes : it may compel 

 the commimoners to deliver in their ac- 

 counts, but how can it rcclify any unjuft 

 arrangement of the land ? It lies in the 

 breaft of the commiffioners when to make 

 their award, and I do not imagine, that 

 till they have figned it, it would be prudent 

 to file the bill againft them. It might 

 poffibly be two or three years before a de- 

 cree could be obtained, and when any pro- 

 prietor has been at the expence of incloling 

 his fhare, cultivating the ground, and rail- 

 ing the fences, how is it poffiblc that even 

 power of the court of chancery, exten- 

 five as it is, can in this cafe redrefs the in- 

 jury, whether it arifes from the particular 

 fituation of the allotment, the quantity, or 

 the quality of the foil. Need I fay any 

 tiling further, to point out the real necef- 

 fity of the proprietors of land exerting 

 themfelves to retrench this enormous power, 

 veiled in the commiffioners. The advan- 

 from inclpfures, are not to 

 be looked upon as merely beneficial to the 

 indi re of the mod: extenfive 



'vantage. The improvements in- 

 ure, that fource of all our power, 

 t be trifling without them ; furely 

 ry meafure that can promote 



them 



