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Sometimes, indeed, the liberality, more frequently the ignorance,

of the landlord, makes him accept of somewhat less than this

portion; and sometimes, too, though more rarely, the ignorance of

the tenant makes him undertake to pay somewhat more, or to

content himself with somewhat less, than the ordinary profits of

farming stock in the neighbourhood. This portion, however, may

still be considered as the natural rent of land, or the rent at

which it is naturally meant that land should, for the most part,

be let.