... called in question there was a fight for it, and the survivor took the first lot, and so they went on through the parish. There was also the old 'lot meadow' in which the owners drew ... infinitely the weaker for their decrease? The causes are several; social, economic, and political. The chief, perhaps, is the peculiar form of Government which came in with the Revolution. The landed ... knowledge that the parish would support his children, on which knowledge he was induced to rely. On the other hand, the farmer often rose in the social scale. With the abandonment of the handicaps...