:T TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 56 j 



A few from Berwic, we arrive at Fyton, 



on t l the name 



begun the laudable work of hedge 

 >fur, which in t few yean, 



cffecli but of tree* there is .1 /, excepting 



dull of firs, a mode ot ; verv < 



kingdom, though leferving 



the n.i.rc ot' om.uneru.il pl.mting. Dr. Johnfon, 



on thi 



thereby given great offence, though he 

 fpokc wh.it all F.nglifhmen think, when they firft 

 rhr nak of th.it country. The old 



f inclofmg >:K dikes, begins, how- 



to be exploded by gentlemen who have 

 regard for the <> it of their country, the 



th of their gro. J the protection of the 



>m the piercing winds ot winter, and the 

 n iummer. 



hath convinced them that hedge r 

 oper diltances with 1'piral tree 



, inrcfpeftof be lity, 



and duration. This hath long been the practice in 



molt parts of England, where all the branches of huf- 



band: irried to the higheft perfection. Here 



..ule and ihelter ; the crops arc 



id the paflure is rich. The thorns are 



\1 in double or treble rows, pro iced 



:hc cattle; the occafionally turned upj 



Is are carefully tak( A ftrong, 



ible hedge f(X>n repays the rtrll coft, in the 



th of the grounds and the r i of the 



tie, and no expence is required in repairs, to which 



ftone dik t. The pi anting of hedges 



and trees was cor of fuch confequcnce in an- 



tient times, that the Hates of Scotland enforced it 



penalties*. 



om 



The lords thinkis fpeedefull, that the king charge all hit 



frec-baldcrs, baith fpiriCnD and temporal], that in the making of 



y tf thci 



