NEAR TADCASTER,' 
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need not be more than a rood ; the value 
of which would bear no possible compari- 
son to that of the industry to be employed 
upon it. The quarter of a n acre that Brit- 
ton Abbot inclosed, was. not worth a shil- 
ling a year. It now contains a good house 
and a garden, abounding in fruit, vegeta- 
bles, and almost every thing that consti- 
tutes the wealth of the cottager. In such 
inclosures, the benefit Jto the country, and 
to the individuals of the parish, would far 
surpass any petty sacrifice of land, to be 
required. FiyE unsightly, unprofit- 
able, AGUES OF WASTE GROUND W.OtJLD 
AFFORD, HABITATION AND COMFORT TO 
TWENTY/ SUCH FAMILIES AS BrITTON 
Abbot's. • ' ' 
In order to encourage the exertions of 
the labourer, I should hope Ex?mp t f rom rent 
that this wou|d be conceded and" taxes, while 
to me, that the rood of land, the- labourer is 
inclosed for his cottage and owner- and. occu- 
garden (on condition^ of a pant ' 
house being erected) be held in fee simple; 
and that, so long as a parishioner, labour- 
ing generally within his parish, continued 
owner and occupier, such cottage and gar- 
den should, by parliamentary authority, be 
exempt from rent, taxes, rates, tithes, and 
all burthens whatsoever. It would be an 
important object to keep these Tittle free- 
holds in the hands of the labourers of the 
parish ; so that they might be transmitted 
