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5s. the expense of planting and enclosing singly, for 

 workmanship alone, supposing the wood forthestobs 

 to come from the estate, as the present railing, in- 

 cluding nails and workmanship to the full, L.66, 5s. 

 add plants, L.6, 5s. is in all L.72, 10s. I am not 

 aware if there will be 100 acres of the bank referred 

 to, after deducting the ground already occupied by 

 trees, to plant, but suppose less or more, if so, the 

 whole will be planted and protected effectually with- 

 out risk or farther trouble, for L.72, 10s. I am 

 doubtful if the present system has not cost four times 

 that sum. If large clumps or clusters of planting is 

 to be made on the top of the hill, enclose these clus- 

 ters singly with stone or paling, &c. If with a 

 wooden paling, I would recommend the small stob- 

 paling as by far the cheapest, say four stobs to a 

 yard, as it only uses such thinnings or crops as can- 

 not be sold, whereas the sawing strong rail-paling* 

 takes wood that can be sold readily for a high price, 

 besides the expense of sawing, which is very high. 

 When the whole is planted, which may be easily 

 done in one season ; turn the deer in, or indeed they 

 should never have been out of this side, as will be 

 afterwards shown, nor will it in its present state be a 

 very easy matter to keep deer out. Plant the cluster 

 on the top in the exposed situations, with oaks chief- 

 ly, at eight feet distance, and large old plants with 

 good roots cut over before being put into the ground, 

 then they will never shake with the wind, nor slacken 

 them in the roots till they have gathered strength to 



* This is a species of paling witii very strong stobs at 12 feet distant, 

 and 2 rails of spars of sawing timber, 4 inches broad by 2 inches thick, 

 which is very expensive, nor is it near so good a fence as the small pa- 

 line. 



