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vate walk made all along their basis from east to west 

 the whole length of the valley j which planting should 

 be made a sufficient wideness out from the basis of 

 the rocks, so as to form a serpentine walk curving 

 out and in towards the rocks, the curves to be so 

 sharp in some place turning in to the rocks so as 

 to have a full view of the most rugged and wild parts 

 of them, which I would term the wilderness walk. 

 As this place, from its soil and situation, will carry 

 every kind of tree up to maturity, the kinds to be 

 particularly cultivated as the standing timber trees, 

 are such as grow to the largest size, and live to the 

 greatest age j for this purpose, the oak, Spanish ches- 

 nut, beech, plane, silver, spruce, and pinaster firs, 

 these kinds to be regularly thinned out, and traine d 

 up from the plant to stand at the distances, always 

 keeping it full of ever-green wood in the same 

 way, and on the same principle, and attending to 

 the same system as laid down. It will not be im- 

 proper in this well sheltered place, to plant even 

 a few larch firs to be reared up as timber trees, as 

 they will grow very fast here ; where the soil is very 

 bare and shallow near the rocks, acorns may be put 

 in. The proprietor will be pleased to observe, that 

 in the method proposed, and to be followed up here, 

 I am considering the whole of this valley, from the 

 Sowhole west to and sweeping round the west end of 

 the rocks, to have a made walk or ride from the 

 mansion through the Belvidere lawn, to enter the wil- 

 derness walk at the south-west end of the rocks, also 

 the walk or drive through Balgone strip to join 

 crossing the valley at the head or west end. The 

 meadow either to be laid down in fine pasture, the 



