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cleared of the timber converted into pasture- 

 land. 



The Broadhurst Edge and the Castle Edges 

 plantations were portions of the lands and 

 allotments awarded by the Commissioner ap- 

 pointed under " The Whitle Inclosure Act," 

 which was obtained in 1826, and the award 

 signed in 1828, and have been planted about 

 twenty-eight years, with a large proportion 

 of larch and Scotch firs, and some oak, sy- 

 camore, and beech. A few years ago, and 

 subsequently, from twenty to thirty thousand 

 oak plants have been put in, which are in a 

 most thriving condition; a small proportion 

 of sycamore and elm and beech were planted 

 at the same period, but have not made so 

 great a progress as the oaks. 



This is a beautiful site for the growth of 

 timber, being a gentle declivity, with an 

 eastern or " morning sun" aspect, and a good 

 dry stone-wall fence all around it. This and 



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