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[ xii ] The Meadows, the Pature, the Woods, and the Vineyards, are decribed in Domeday by terms, different from thoe of the arable land. The mot comprehenive word that we meet with, is

Leuca, which, from comparing the various opinions of our Etymologits, I am inclined to interpret a mile and a half.

Qurantena is a furlong, twelve of which compoe a Leuca and this circumftance feemS to corroborate the opinion that Leuca is a mile and a half.

Arpenna, the meaure of which is not decidedly known, is generally applied to Vineyards, and perhaps may be omething les than an acre.

The ditinction between Meadow and Pature, in Domeday, is, that Meadow is appropriated to thoe gras grounds that were mowed, and Failure to thoe which were fed.

Having thus attempted to explain the different terms mentioned in a ection of Domeday, it may be thought incumbent upon me to ay omething with repect to the concluion of each article, wherein is etimated the annual value of the Manor. In order to undertand this valuation properly, the leader mut firt know, that the Norman pound was actually a pound weight of ilver, and that it was divided into 20 (perhaps nominal)