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if at all, injure the covers for sporting pur- 

 poses. 



As to Plantations, the treatment may be said 

 to he somewhat better, but, as I have before said, 

 in most cases it is bad enough, as I shall here- 

 after show. 



Of the Hedge Rows I affirm, that they are, 

 very generally, either left entirely to themselves, 

 or to the tender mercies of the occupiers of the 

 soil, who, having no interest in their success, but 

 rather the contrary, cannot, of course, be expected 

 to exercise any care in their preservation. 



Having thus briefly introduced the various 

 subjects which it is my intention to notice more 

 fully under separate and distinct heads, I shall 

 commence my first chapter with " Ancient 

 Woods." 



