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the limits of whofe property are afcertained; but which, in regard to their culture and mode of cropping, are fubject to— regulations, which cuftom, for time immemoria celiac eftablithed, fo as gradually to have acqu oe force of law,— to which rules every individual occupying fuch property muft adhere, until thefe old cuftoms fhall be abrogated, either by the unanimous con- fent of all the individuals having a right to thefe commonable fields, or by an exprefs ftatute, ob- tained with their confent, for the purpofe of an- nulling them.

From a bare ftatemént 6f the cafe, it is eafy to ze rceive that regulations, which were adopted at avery diftant period, when agriculture might be faid to be but in its earlieft infancy in this

nd, and which were calculated to accord with =) ae of fociety| very diffimilar to that which now prevails, muft be extremely defeétive; and in particular, that they will prove an unfurmount- able barr ler to every y kind of improvement, where- ever they are fuffered to exift. But it has been calmly tolerated, in every county in Eneland, te an enormous extent even till the prefent time, with out one national effort to remove it. In fome counties, it appears that not much lefs than one half of the whole arable lands are in this ftate;

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