252 IMPROVEMENT OF WOODS AND PLANTATIONS. [Feb. 



drainage of the wet land, would be amongst the chief preliminary 

 operations. Then Scots pine at 15 feet apart, with larch among 

 them to 5 feet apart over all, should be planted on low-lying 

 grounds and slopes. On the upper parts of the slopes and the 

 summits of the lower-lying ridges, Scots pine alone should be 

 planted at 4 feet apart. This will thus serve as a shelter for the 

 crop proposed for the lower grounds. For a like reason, Scots pine 

 should also be planted on a narrow strip of comparatively good 

 land lying along the south side of the tops of the hills. 



The general recommendations as to the treatment of district No. 

 1 2 apply also to that of N"o. 1 3, called the Common of Abbeystead. 



My estimate of the probable expense of the operations recom- 

 mended stands as follows : — 



Fencing — 

 <360 yards new stone wall proposed on the west 

 boundary of the estate, at Is. 8d. per yard ; one- 

 half of this to be paid by the neighbouring 

 proprietor, . . . £27 10 



4000 yards proposed new stone wall 

 between the farm lands and dis- 

 trict No. 12. This also at Is. 8d. 

 per yard, . . . 333 6 8 



3400 yards fence to repair along the 

 east boundary of the estate ; from 

 the east end of the proposed new 

 wall down to the east end of dis- 

 trict No. 7. This, say at Gd. per 

 j'ard, and the adjoining proprietor 

 to pay half of it, . . 42 10 



1300 yards of fence to repair from 

 the east end of district No. 7, 

 along the side of road on to the 

 Mains farm-house. This at Gd. 

 per yard, . . . 32 10 



.£43 5 16 8 



JDra ining — say 180 acres in all, at £ 2 per acre, 360 

 Clearing and burning rubbish, . . 200 



Planting — including value of trees, say 1400 



acres, at 50s. per acre, . . 3500 



Total probable cost, . . £4495 16 8 



A track, say 15 feet in breadth, should be left unplauted from 

 the east end of district No. 7, westward through it, thence along 



