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lie may labour the land as he pleases; no 
question is asked on this head by the 
landlord. 
The grain is cut down in the usual 
way, and when fit, is carried home either 
on the shoulders of the women, or on 
horseback. 
There are not more than two or three 
carts in these islands, and these are only 
kept by gentlemen by way of novelty. 
Neither are there any roads public or pri¬ 
vate, except the foot-paths made over the 
hills by the horses, cattle, and sheep. 
The landlords build the farm-houses 
at their own expence. They are general¬ 
ly mean, low huts, into which a person 
must enter in a bending posture ; and if 
he have not a guide (unless he be ac¬ 
quainted with the windings of the fabric,) 
he will scarcely find the apartment oc¬ 
cupied by the family, they and their cat¬ 
tle being, for the most part, inhabitants 
of the same building. They have the 
