Power of incurring Debts, disadvantageous. 22 1 



the tenant, the rent of which is defrayed by 

 their labor on his farm. 



The poor cottier is thus obliged to pay ex- 

 orbitantly for his potatoe-ground and the site 

 of his cabin ; but these are not all the disadvan- 

 tages he is compelled to suffer. 



The few necessaries he requires are supplied 

 by his employer : the best prices are demanded 

 and paid for the worst commodities ; and though 

 he may have well-grounded apprehensions of 

 being over-charged, he has no power of con- 

 trolling or checking his account, which is sel- 

 dom adjusted more than once a-year. Should 

 he even be fairly dealt with, suspicion and dis- 

 satisfaction are the natural consequences of such 

 a running account, the balance of which is 

 never known till the day of reckoning. Much 

 is forgotten, and hope misleads the judgment 

 as to the result. Credit is ever fallacious-, and 

 when applied to the immediate wants of life, 

 increases the too common disregard to care 

 and economy : nothing is so injurious to the 

 lower orders as the neglect of prompt payment, 

 and the power to incur debts. 



There appear to be many new cottages rear- 

 ing from the ground, and large tracts reclaim- 



