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during the occupancy, providing they have a reasonable timeallowed them for reaping the consequent advantages.

Even the appearance of inclosures indicates comfort aiulsecurity; and landlords never fail to draw very advancedrents from well-inclosed lands, which generally let from 20to 50, and in .some cases, even 70 per cent, higher thanopen lands of the same description in the neighbourhood;the value or rate of rent continuing to advance, as the in-closed soil goes on to improve. By means likewise of inclo-sure, the landlord often has an opportunity to appropriatemany waste spots, and otherwise useless corners, for planta-tions; to the great embellishment of his property, and thesolid emolument of himself or his successors. These patchesare of very little value to the occupier, and pay scarcely anyrent to the proprietor; and the ultimate value of the planta-tions may therefore be considered as clear gain after the ex-pences of inclosing and planting are defrayed. Indeed, in-stead of diminishing the rental, the plantations, after a fewyears, will render the contiguous farms more valuable, andcapable of paying a higher rent than before, when these spotswere attached to them. It is the universal and equitable prac-tice in Scotland , that no charge is made upon the farmer forso much of the fencing as is necessary to the protection ofyoung plantations, and these fences are always upheld after-wards by the landlord.

SECT. III.

advantages of inclosures to farmers.

Farmers derive many important advantages from judici-ously disposed and well constructed inclosures. Their va-lue, however, materially differs, under particular circum-stances ;—owing to errors in the original plan, defects in the