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^ fure attainable in any other Scene. Every 

 *' Reader who is acquainted with Homer, Vir- 

 *■ gil^ and Horace^ the greateft Genius's of 

 '* all Antiquity, know very well with how 

 '^ ftmch Rapture they have fpoken on this 

 ** Subjeft 5 and that Vinil in particular 

 " has written a whole Book ou,the Art of 

 '' Planting. r:o>f3'-] 



I fhall conclude this interwoven Difcourfe 

 with fome regular Heads, which in other 

 Cafes generally engage ev'n the frugalleft of 

 Mankind, I mean the Profit, Diverfion, and 

 natural Pleafure that attend this Noble Em- ' 

 ploy of Planting and Sowing. 



And here it may be fuppos'd that I (hould 

 give a Pecuniary Calculation of ray Obferva- 

 tions on this Head -^ in which I (hall be (hort, 

 intending to handle it more at large when I 

 come to treat of large Eftates, and the man- 

 ner of improving them. To proceed then : 

 A Friend of mine has only a little Grove of 

 Oaks, which he very often views with Satis- 

 faftion : It is about a hundred Yards long, 

 and forty wide, which multiplied together 

 makes L of an Acre and twelve Rood, on 

 which, I computed, were above 160 Oaks, 

 that in about 120 Years time would be worth, 

 a»t a moderate Computation, 5 /. a Tree, 

 which is in all 800 /. Suppofe then that 

 we account 70 s, per. Ann. for the Rent 

 of that Ground, it comes but to 1 20 /. by 

 which Account we perceive, that my Friend, 



were 



