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perty belongs only to two or three p!‘oprie tors; t+ L

the fame thing could be effeéted with little more difficulty than in the former x were it fo ob-

vioufly beneficial to‘all parties as at firft fight it

appears to be:‘but fince we a that fuch mea-

{ures are not generally adopted in thefe cafes, I fee{till reafon to fufpect, that there muft be fome circumftances of general conveniency that ftand in the way;' and it becomes‘of confequencé to énquire what thefe circumftances are, in order to fee whether thefe can be firft removed, before any general law be recommended for abolifhing this kind of tenure.

A perfon who is well acquainted with the

tice of agriculture, can eafily form an idea of many arrangements, under: which a mutual intercommonage, at certain times of the year

efpecially, and under particul ar modifications,

might be not only a convenience, but even a

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neceffary accomodation, without which, the te- nant could not farm his lands. In all fituations, for example, where the quantity of arable land occupied by one tenant is fo{mal] as that it can- not afford to maintain a fuffidient{trength of men or beatts to re and carry on the neceffary operations upon it, that tenant muit join w

fome cther nei: ghbour, in fimilar circumftances,