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 propoſes, that the ſaid leſſee ſhall annex to the plan of his ground a written deſcription of all his peculiar methods of cultivation and improvement; in order that he may at the end of the period deliver or return the public their inherent right; together with every kind of advantage reſulting from the ſuperior merit of its late poſſeſſor. Was not the leſſee bound by ſuch an obligation, the public might be deprived of their property for this term, and have the plot of ground returned them in a more barren, and infertile ſtate than before; and thus the main intention of the inſtitution be fruſtrated.

There are many other reaſons which juſtify theſe obligations in behalf of the public, which will appear from the enſuing obſervations.

Suppoſe, for inſtance, any part of this trackleſs eſtate of public property is thus demiſed by the King to a certain individual, every other ſubject thence becomes compelled by Law to regard it as the private right of ſuch perſon. Will it not therefore be a duty incumbent on the parties concluding the bargain to trace the boundaries of this ſacred ſpot; and fix ſufficient tokens for the direction of a ſtranger that he may clearly ſee when he ſets his foot on this ground? For was