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The Meadows, the Paſture, the Woods, and the Vineyards, are deſcribed in Domeſday by terms, different from thoſe of the arable land. The moſt comprehenſive word that we meet with, is
Leuca, which, from comparing the various opinions of our Etymologiſts, I am inclined to interpret a mile and a half.
Qurantena is a furlong, twelve of which compoſe a Leuca and this circumftance feemS to corroborate the opinion that Leuca is a mile and a half.
Arpenna, the meaſure of which is not decidedly known, is generally applied to Vineyards, and perhaps may be ſomething leſs than an acre.
The diſtinction between Meadow and Paſture, in Domeſday, is, that Meadow is appropriated to thoſe graſs grounds that were mowed, and Failure to thoſe which were fed.
Having thus attempted to explain the different terms mentioned in a ſection of Domeſday, it may be thought incumbent upon me to ſay ſomething with reſpect to the concluſion of each article, wherein is eſtimated the annual value of the Manor. In order to underſtand this valuation properly, the leader muſt firſt know, that the Norman pound was actually a pound weight of ſilver, and that it was divided into 20 (perhaps
