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the publick advantage, or for the fupply of fubfid- 

 ence and employment for the bulk of mankind. I 

 fhali add for them to the above account one fliillincr 

 per acre, and five fliillings per acre as the total value 

 of the forefl: to the publick in its prefent flate. 



I eftimate the capital employed in flocking the 

 forefl at 5I. per head upon 3000 in number, or 

 15,000!. Although thefe not being continually kept 

 there, cannot wholly be called forefl flock, yet I v^ill 

 fuppofe that \vhich ought to be taken off on this 

 account to be made good by advantages arifing from 

 the deer. The amount of capital employed in flock- 

 ing the forefl will then amount to 15,000!. or about 

 il. I2S. 6d. per acre, and its value to the publick 

 in its prefent flate as land about 2300I. per annum. 



The extent of the forefl, by an ancient furvey 

 alluded to by the commifTioners of crown lands in 

 their lafl' examination of it, is nine thoufand two 

 hundred and twenty acres ; of this, in cafe of inclo- 

 fure, I will fuppofe 1 000 acres ought to be referved 

 for wood-land. This may be done about the glens 

 •md impra(5licable fpots, and in other places where 

 thriving oaks are the mofl promifmg: there they 

 ought to be fenced off, and referved in clumps and 

 coppices, which would be both an ornament to the 

 country, and a nurfery for flout oak timber. Two 

 hundred and twenty acres I will fuppofe occupied 

 by the lodges, and other fmall inclofurcs. This is 

 ilrcady in an improved flate ; 8000 acres v/ill then 



remain 



