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professional 



mprover 



? 



to see 



is favourite plans nipped in 



? 



the bud, which he fondly hoped would ripen to perfection 

 and extend their benefits to those friends by whom he is con- 

 sulted. 



, I had observed a part 



n 



passi 



th 



rough a distant county 



of th 



e r 



ad wh 



the scenery was particularly interestin 



ted of large spreading trees intermixed with thorns: on 



one 



view into Lord * * * * s park 



admitted 



by the 



pale being sunk ; and a ladder-stile placed near an aged beech 



tempted me to explore its beauties 



th 



e 



pposite 



a 



bench and an umbrageous part of an adjoining forest invited 



to pause 



d make a sketch of th 



e 



pot 



After a lnpse of ten 



years, I was surprised to see the change which had been made. 

 I no longer knew or recollected the same place, till an old la- 

 bourer explained, that on the death of the late Lord the estate 

 had been sold to a very rich man, who had improved it ; for 

 by cutting down the timber, and getting an act to enclose 



le 



common, he 



a 



doubl 



e 



all the rents. 



The old mossy and 



ivy-covered pale was replaced by a new and lofty close paling ; 

 not to confine the deer, but to exclude mankind, and to pro- 

 tect a miserable narrow belt of firs and Lombardy poplars: the 

 bench was gone, the ladder-stile was changed to a caution against 

 man-traps and spring-guns, and a notice that the foot-path was 

 stopped by order of the commissioners. As I read the board, 



the old man said, " It is very true, and I am forced to walk a 

 mile further round every night, after a hard day's work." 



This 



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