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quently be wanted to serve other pur- 

 poses ; as whe?e it is wished to conceal 

 the outhne of an estate, a park, lawn, or 

 field, or even that of the plantation itself; 

 -^to hide disagreeable objects; or make 



a cover for game, &c.^ Here we have 



three distinct reasons for preserving shel- 

 ter; and, therefore, one would suppose 

 different management to be adopted, than 

 where only one of them existed in a very 

 slight decree. Instead of which, under 

 the present system, the hill and the valle}'', 

 the clump and the screen, are planted ex- 

 actly alike, and similarly treated after-; 

 wards. 



There is something in a plantation, pro- 

 perly sheltered, so extremely captivating, 

 that it strikes alike the taste of the man 

 of refinement, and the mere rustic. The 

 first can always explain the reason of his 

 pleasure, while the latter can probably 

 do little more than feel it :— still their 

 sensations prove the same point ; — for the 



