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held out for thofe manly and vigorous exertions, to which emus lation and a chance of ſucceſs generally excite the enterpriſing and induſtrious.«The diſtinetion between the two parties 15 fo invariably marked, and ſo deeply rooted, as to produce conſequences highly unfriendly to the happineſs of both, and hurtful to ſociety at large. This juſt caufe of ſerious com- plaint is not, however, ſo much known in this part of the Country; as in thoſe diſtricts where overgrown farms pres vail; eſpecially where the pradttice of letting three or more large farms to the occupancy of. one perſon, is allowed to take place.

The valuation of the whole county is 20,1921. ris. 2d: Scots; the proportion of which, to the pariſh of Cleiſh, is 27031. 108. 103d. As the real rent of that pariſh 18; in the Statiſtical Hiſtory, ſtated to be 16271. Sterling, which, confi- dered as a ratio for the average of the whole county, the real rent will accordingly amount to about 12,000l. Sterling:

„Enelsſures and Fences.=“The encloſing and ſubdividing of land is 2 pradCtice not of long Randing in this county. The advantages to be derived from this agricultural improvement, are, however, already ſo well known in this place, that a con« ſderable quantity is encloſed every year. But, after all that has yet been done, more than three fourths of the county re« main to be encloſed. It is to be hoped that it will not long continue in ſuch a ſtate, as the whole, excepting a common or two, is already ſubdivided. Encloſures are of all ſzes, from 4 to above 50 acres, anſwerable to the extent of the farm, the nature and ſituation of. the land, and the uſes to which it 15 put.

Dry ſtone dikes are preferred by ſome, whilſt others give the preference to ditch and hedge. If the ſoil is but very ſhal- low, as in ſome places wherewhinſtone rocks and gravelprevail; hedges of any kind will not thrive, ſo as to riſe to any great Frength.