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fefs to have feen the contrary in fome Places 

 where Frugality has mix'd irfelfwith Gran- 

 deur and good Defign : i\nd 'tis there, and 

 there only, one may reafonably hope for a 

 good IlTue and Period from fuch our Under- 

 takings. 



Let therefore thofe that would appear t'-^^ ^^«^ 

 fplendidly frugal in the Decoration and Em-^^"^^^* 

 bellifhments of their Country-Seats, firft fow 

 twenty, thirty, or forty Acres of Wood, (as 

 is before direded) and begin raifing a Nur- 

 fery or Referve to ftock and plant thefe exte- 

 rior Parts (which 'tis impoflible to fpare 

 now) in regard of the Profit it brings ^ twen- 

 ty, thirty, or forty Acres being what I very- 

 much fear many Perfons will think too much 

 of already (efpecially Stewards and Bailiffs.) 

 Commit then the Management of thefe Mat- 

 ters to fome careful Perfon 5 and do, as it 

 were, forget it for four or five Years 5 in 

 which Time the Wood will have made fuch a 

 confiderable Advance, that you may carbo- 

 nado it into what Method or Figure you 

 pleafe, and that with a very little Expence. 

 The manner how that or the other Ihali be 

 done, and how to make the beft Ufe of Situ- 

 ations, and all other natural Advantages, 

 fhall be the Subjeft of the next Volume : And 

 I fhall terminate this Chapter with a Recom- 

 mendatory Paper of an Ingenious Author, 

 whofe Lucubrations have diverted this pre- 

 fent Age 5 and will, I believe, have more 

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