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be the cheapest and best of fencing rails for 
the new inclosiires of Lincolnshire, Nor- 
thainptonshire,HimLingdonshire,Cam bridge, 
shire, &c. &c. and are generally adopted. 
We must confess our disappointment in 
not finding in Mr. Somerville's observations 
any mention of an error daily committed by 
Commissioners of Inclosures, in laying out 
allotments in narrow strips of land, preserv- 
ing a conne6Iion, indeed, with the ancient 
messuages, cottages, and homestalls, but, in 
effedt, neglecting the greatest of all advan- 
tages to be derived from dividing and in- 
closing common fields, which is that of 
compaSiness, and the saving of daily labour, 
whereby proprietors of farms would be en^ 
abled to build in central situations. For this 
advantage the occupiers could afford, in 
most cases, (notwithstanding the high price 
of building materials) rather to pay 10 per 
cent, upon the money expended on such ne- 
cessary central buildings, than to occupy slips 
of land, without any such charge. Farms 
thus laid out in squares ar^ by far the most 
