aSo DtreSlionsforKaififig Chap. 8. 



" is more delighted with his Produdion?, than 

 " any other Writer or Artift whatfoever. 



" Plantations have one Advantage in them, 

 *' which is not to found in moft other Works, 

 " as they give a Pleafure of a more lading 

 " Date, and continually improve in the Eye 

 " of the Planter. When you have finifti'd a 

 " Building, or any other Undertaking of the 

 "^ like Nature, it immediately decays upon 

 " your Hands ^ you fee it brought to its ut- 

 " moft Point of Perfeftion, and from that 

 '' time haftening to its Ruin. On the con- 

 ''I'trary, when you have finifli'd your Planta- 

 *'^ tions, they are ftill arriving at greater de- 

 '' greesof Perfeftion as long as you live, and 

 *' appear more delightful in every fucceed- 

 " ing Year, than they did in the forego- 



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&c 



But I do not only recommend this Art 

 to Men of Eftates, as a pleafing Amufement, 

 but as it is a kind of virtuous Employment, 

 and may therefore be inculcated by moral 

 Motives ; particularly from the Love 

 which we ought to have for our Country, 

 and xht Regard which we ought to bear to 

 our Pofterity. As for the lirft, I need on- 

 ly mention, what is frequently obferv'd by 

 others, that the Increaie of Foreft- Trees 

 does by no means bear a Proportion to the 

 Deftruftion of them, infomuch that in a 

 few Ages the Nation may be at a Lofs to 

 fqpply itfelf with Timber fufficient for. the 

 Fleets ^ of England. I know, when a Man 



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