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to rear : there has been no mistaken practice no 

 niggardly economy no ruinous neglect, rendering 

 all his previous care abortive, and sacrificing his 

 large outlay at the commencement. When the 

 Plantations have required attention, they have 

 evidently had it. 



The admirer of fine timber will see, in the 

 Duke's Plantations and grounds, some of the most 

 perfectly formed trees that 'can be conceived of, 

 and that not on a small scale, but to an extent as 

 comprehensive as that truly noble Duke's genius, 

 of whom it may probably be said that he unites, 

 in his mind and person, as many of those qualities 

 which constitute true Nobility, as any Gentleman 

 of his day. 



It is not in the power of my feeble pen to 

 show the immense amonnt of good which has 

 accrued to the immediate neighbourhood, from 

 the employment of the poor in the locality, in 

 carrying on, and in completing, those splendid 

 improvements which His Grace has originated, 

 and which have caused the literal desert to "blos- 

 som as the rose": much less can I describe the 

 area of the vast circle, within which the most 

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