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. Executing the improvement while the 

 old tenant is on the land, has another ad- 

 vantage ; by means of it he has an oppor- 

 tunity of continuing, if he Ukes the terms j 

 which is an obje6l of fome confequence to 

 both the landlord and the tenant. 



If a gentleman cannot, according to the 

 terms of the old leafe, begin till its expira- 

 tion, then I fhould advife his compromif- 

 ing with the tenant, and paying him a 

 fum of money for liberty to enter , very 

 few would think of refufmg it. In cafe of 

 fuch a refufal, through obftinacy or an ac- 

 cidental interruption in the gentleman's 



defign- fo that he has the land in his 



hands ; he may probably have ftewards, 

 baileys, hinds, or fome fuch people about 

 him, who would perfuade the cultivating 

 it on his own account for a year or two -, 

 but let him be cautious of fuch a conduct 



and remeniber, that his grand bufincfs 



is improving, not farming ; and that the 

 lefs his attention is divided, the better : but 

 this extends no further than thofe parts of 

 farming, which concern not the improve- 

 ment. The land muft be kept in proper 



order, with a view to relet and tlic 



farming fliould extend no further. 



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