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- 



since few can distinguish betwixt what they do see, and what 



they 



might 



see. 



Some trifling changes 



in 



th 



e course 



of 



these walks would prove how easy it is, by the proper line of a 

 path, to make it not only beautiful in itself, but a beautiful 



i 



display of other beauties ; or, as De Lille expresses it, 



" Les Sentiers de nos pas guides ingenieux, 

 " Doivent embellir en nous montrant ces lieux." 



For this reason we may assert, that the treasures of Sherring- 

 am are yet in the Mine, and from the present site of the 

 House almost useless. 



PLANTATIONS. 



Some 



asserted 



that it is more pleasant to make 



improvement by the axe than by the spade 



but 



consider 



it a fortunat 



circumstance that some forth 



er planting 



necessary, since 



may venture to affirm, that after a few 

 years the Proprietor will derive more real satisfaction from the 



trees planted by himself, than from those which 



isted 



All Plant 



long ex 



delight in Woods reared by themselves 



parents are most fond of their own progeny. 



In making new Plantations some useful hints may be taken 

 from that great variety which at present exists, either from acci- 

 dent, by being planted at different times and of different 



of trees, or perhaps from the influence th 



sorts 



e sea 



may h 



a 



destroying some and checking others ; for, although in some 



places th 



as proved an enemy, yet it points out what 



trees are best adapted to the situation and 



exposure 



