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“Tue moß material of theſe are cuſtomary tenures, where the fines are arbitrary, or according to the improv=- ed value of the eſtate, where the wood is the property of the lord, and where a leaſe for longer than three years is not valid without his conſent; want of leaſes, or very ſhort leaſes, and the colleétion of the tithes in kinds

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MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. E

SEcT. 1—Peights and Meaſures

CG REAB diverſity of weights and meaſures prevails in Weſtmoreland, as is the caſe in almoſt every county in Great Britain. The pound conſiſts of 2 TO 18 Or 2d ounces, and the fone of 14, 16, or 20 pounds. There is a Wincheſter buſhel, a cuſtomary buſhel egual to three of theſe, a buſhel of two buſhels for the ſale of potatoes near Appleby, and one of two and a half for that of barley, Rye is ſold by the boll of two buſhels, and potatoes by the load of four buſhels and a half heaped, or more gen-

erally