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moulding of them fecurely till put out. Between thefe, 

 and phots raifed from the feed in the planter's own 

 nurfery, there will be found very little difference, pro- 

 vided the qualities of both are equal; this I know 

 from long experience. 



SECT. 2. The general Plan of fettling the great outlines 

 of the Dcmefne and its appendages. 



HAVING fettled the general plan for feminaries and 

 fiurferies, the next care was to afcertain the great out- 

 lines of the demcfne, with the appendages and interior 

 plantations. 



This was not the work of a day -, many days and 

 hours were fpent on this fpecularion, with clofe appli- 

 cation and intenfe ftudy. At length the general plans 

 were fettled, and the work went on regularly and 

 pleafantly. 



The demefne contains about two thoufand Irifti 

 plantation acres, with many confiderable appendages. 

 It was alfo in contemplation to plant between three and 

 four thoufand acres in ftrong mafles throughout the 

 eftates. Though the latter was fettled, and regu- 

 larly regiftered, yet it was only intended as zjlock to 

 work upon, when a great redundancy of nurfery-trees 

 ould be fpared from the improvements of the de- 



mcfoc, 



