Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands, Vol. 2 of 2: And Part of the Western Isles of Scotland; Particularly Staffa and Icolmkill (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The same complaint is here made by the tenants, as in other parts of the Highlands, of the want of leases. Captain Duff, a gentleman of this neighbourhood, has however set an example worthy of the imitation of proprietors, which, if followed, would render their tenants vastly more comfortable, and make it their interest to improve the land, while it would considerably ln crease the incomes of the landlords. He grants leases to all his tenants, one condition of which is, that each must have a house built according to a certain plan, much more convenient and comfortable than the wretched habitations which I have been so often under the painful necessity of mentioning. If the tenant chooses to build his house himself, his landlord returns the money he has laid out, when he leaves the farm; but if he be not able or willing to undertake it, he must then pay legal interest for the money laid out in building it, which is certainly very reasonable.

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