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as he can be supposed able to cultivate pro- 
perly alter his hours of toil for the farmer are 
expired. The landlord should introduce into 
his leases compulsory clauses, that his 
tenants shall either supply their labourers 
xvith milk the whole year round, or keep 
cows for them, at a reasonable rate ; subjedf, 
from time to time, to be regulated by 
himself. This plan 'would be the means of 
rescuing the cottager from the ill effedls of 
any risque, and lifting him above the pro- 
bability of depression from fortuitous cir- 
cumstances. It would also be a means of up- 
holding the energy of his mind when work- 
ing for the farmer, and of preserving his 
lespedf for him; which would not be the 
case were he to be possessed of an inde- 
pendent occupation, or to have it in his 
power (which Mr. Young proposes by his 
kind of agrarian law) to demand the pos- 
session of land for his particular purposes. 
When the cottager or labourer shall be pos- 
sessed of the power to demand one acrCy he 
will scon become dissipated, and take courage 
