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will in a few years be a fine plantation. If you won''t be at 

 pains about it, we shall be at the trouble and expense of 

 supplying every year and it not near so good at last as right 

 doing now will make it. Let the planting of this alone till 

 you have supplied all former planted trees and hedges and till 

 all the hedges are planted upon the ditches made in the Spring. 

 Make the fence to the north soon and strong as Cattle will be 

 in pan Meadow and Middle Enclosure. By the time this gets 

 to you I depend upon your being well advanced in supplying 

 large trees and hedges. Write frequently how you go on and 

 read my Letters that you dont omit doing as I order. I hope 

 the Foresters have not been nor are not Idle. Why don''t you 

 tell me where they are employed and from time to time how 

 they advance. This has beep fine Weather for their sneding, 

 I hope good use has been made of it. The Wind is now come 

 to the West and is mild and the glass falls so you may get 

 Water in the Ponds and a little spring upon the grass, both 

 which will be acceptable. Don't forget supplying the Large 

 Elms and also the Chesnuts and Oaks in the Old Church Yard. 

 Be at pains about them and let the holes for them which I beg 

 you'l make very large be open for some time before you plant 

 them. Let me know what number of Trees you supply in 

 every place and also what number of Thorns white or black 

 and Brambles you plant. So far I wrote to have gone by last 

 night's post when I was interrupted, so I begin on Wednesday 

 morning early. It rains a thick and heavy rain and the Wind 

 got again to North East. If any thing occurs between and 

 tomorrow night I shall add to this before sealing of it. This 

 is the third morning since I began this. So as I can write 

 seldom, I desire you'l mind what I do write, as I can't be 

 repeating over and over what if you '1 look over my letters 

 you '1 know my orders about. We have had fully 24 hours 

 constant rain and this morning it is fair with the Wind at 

 N. East. Tell J. Dods I had his of 22^ but he does not tell me 

 if he had harrowed or made fine the Wheat Inclosure in order 

 to encourage Weeds springing. I fear I shan't have time to 

 write to him this day. If you have planted any thing this rain 

 will have got to the roots, and if he has harrowed the field 

 West of the Town many Weeds will spring yet, and be 



