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other bird. The peacock neither in form nor 

 in colour, is equal to the turkey. As this 

 bird was reclaimed from the unbounded woods 

 of America, where it is ftill indigenous, it's 

 habits continue wilder, than thofe of any 

 domeftic fowl. It ftrays widely for it's food 

 it flies well, conlidering it's apparent inactivity 

 and it perches, and roofts on trees. On all 

 thefe accounts it is a proper inhabitant of 

 parks. Windfor-foreft is faid to be about thirty 

 miles round: but if Bagfhot is an appendage 

 to it, I mould fuppofe it much more. The 

 great park is about fourteen miles round; 

 and the little park three. 



In Middlefex is the foreft of Enfield. After 

 the death of Charles I, it is faid, that Cromwell 

 divided it into farms among his veterans : but 

 if they ever took pofTefllon, they were difpof- 

 fefled at the reftoration ; and deer, it's ancient 

 inhabitants, were again fettled in their room. 

 It is now inclofed under an aft of parliament. 



Surry and Kent were formerly very woody 

 counties; of which we need no evidence, 



befides 



