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punctually and regularly paid before it was due,
at the rate of nearly five pounds per acre. Being
so fortunate as to reside in the vicinity of this
worthy rector, I can bear witness to the veracity
of this statement. It is a proof of the eagerness
of the poor to obtain land. Unwilling as I am
to mention myself, I feel it my duty, in order to
promote the cause for which I feel so much
anxiety, to mention that I have done precisely
the same thing at Potton in Bedfordshire, forty-
five miles from London, I have met with the
same success, and have observed a very extra-
ordinary improvement in the morals of those to
whom this encouragement has been given.* The
particulars of these allotments and many others
are given in the publication I have recommended,
The Labourer's Friend Society, in Threadneedle
Street, where an annual subscription of five
shillings entitles the subscriber to the monthly
publication.
My worthy neighbour next takes us to his own
living of Broad Somerford, in Wilts, and gives us
the following interesting and convincing state-
ment, " In the year 1806, an enclosure was
proposed for the Parish of Broad Somerford, and
* I have thought it necessary to draw up some Rules and
Regulations which are punctually observed. See Appendix,
No. 7.