chap. 8. of Woods and Coppices. ij(^ 



" Xh<>ughExercifes of this kind, whenin- 

 '^ dulg'd with Moderation, may have a good 

 " Influence both on the Mind and Body, 

 " the Country affords many other Amufe- 

 " ments of a more noble kind. 



'' Among thefe, I know none more delight- 

 " ful in itfelf, and beneficial to the Publick, 

 '' than that of P LA NT IN G. I could 

 " mention a Nobleman whofe Fortune has 

 " plac'd him in feveral Parts of England^ and 

 •' who has always left thefe vifible Marks be- 

 " hind him, which fhew he has been there : 

 *' He never hired a Houfe in his Life, with- 

 " out leaving all about it the Seeds of Wealth, 

 *' and beflowing Legacies on the Poflerity of 

 '' the Owner. Had all the Gentlemen of 

 " England made the fame Improvements up- 

 " on their Eflates, our whole Country 

 " would have been at this time as one great 

 ^' Garden. Nor ought fuch an Employ- 

 " ment to be looked upon as too inglorious 

 " for Men of the higheft Rank. There have 

 " been Heroes in this Art, as well as in o- 

 " thers. We are told in particular of Cjtrus 

 " the Great, that he planted all the Lelfer 

 " Jjia. There is indeed fomething truly 

 " magnificent in this kind of Amufement : It 

 " gives a nobler Air to feveral Parts of Na- 

 " ture 5 it fills the Earth with a Variety of 

 "beautiful Scenes, and has fomething in it 

 " like Creation. For this Reafon the Plea- 

 *' fure of one who plants, is fomething like 

 " that of ^ Poet, who, as Arijtotle obferves, 



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