than the reality4of
How deplorable mirft be the ftate of that counr
try, when a la^ of fuch a nature was thought
rfqnifit€ to be enacted, ytt k found incapable
of being enforced! The generality, indeed, of
the Polifljt nobles are not inclined either to efta*
bliih or give efficacy to any regulations in favour
of the peasants, whom they fcarcely coulider a§
entitled to the common rights of humanity, A
few nobles, however of benevolent hearts and
enlightened mnderftandings, have a£ied upon
different principles, and given liberty to theif '
ynfiab?) The event has ihowed this projeft to be
 m lefs judicious than humane; no lefe friendly
|p/their own iiiterefts than to the happinefoaf
t$^ir peafents j for it appears that in the diftrifite
in .which the pew arrangement has been intro^ ^
^uced, the population of tbef villages is confi*
4f r^bly h$$m®£mkt and the ii^fomes of the eftates
f ugmentf d |p a ^riple proportion.
 The i||rft\^oble who graj^ijtiad freedom to his
^fts was Z^imlikh formerly gimt dhancel^
,, twho ip 17'6O enfianchUed fix yiilaiges ija%th@
ate of Mafovia^   Thtfe villages wtmf in
7.77,  vi%d hf the mXhpt of the
hs from 1150 to 1760, that is, during the