in the Cattle-Markets no Perſon, be he of ever ſo great Condition, is permitted to cheapen or bid Money for any Beaſt till the Lord's Steward has had the Refuſal of it: and that if any Man or Maid-Servant be eſteemed extraordinary in their Way, either he the Governour, or the two Deempſters have the Power to oblige ſuch a Servant to live with them for the Space of a Year, and receive no more than ſix Shillings for their Service during the ſaid Time. This they call Yarding, and the Ceremony of it is performed in the following manner: An Officer appointed for that Purpoſe, called a Sumner, lays a Straw over his, or her. Shoulder, and ſays, By virtue of this, you are Yarded for the Service of the Lord of Man in the Houſe of his Steward, Governour, or Deempſter, which-ever of them it is that has given this Commiſſion. But this is a Law of no force in Biſhop's Lands; for which reaſon, all Servants who have any Apprehenſions of being Yarded, hire themſelves, if poſſibly they can, to thoſe who rent the aboveſaid Lands; or failing in that, as ſoon as they perceive an Officer coming near them, run to that Aſylum,
