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der will fatisfy them ; and by degrees, as the cattle 

 couch under ftielter, the foil by degrees improves. 

 This is clear to demonftration, by taking a view 

 of Lord Petre's park, which, in the midft of a 

 barren, dreary country, forms an agreeable fhady 

 retreat, covered with a pleafant verdure, and richly 

 ornamented with foreft trees of large dimenfions. 

 His Lordfhip is now confiderably extending his 

 plantations, with great tafte and fuccefs, to the 

 open parts which lie on the outfide of his eftate. 



There are two other plantations of a recent date, 

 which are highly deferving of notice. The firft is 

 upon the eftate of Sir William Jerningham, at 

 Coftefey, four miles from Norwich; the ground 

 is beautifully varied, which is the more finking, as 

 Norfolk is, in general, a remarkably flat country ; 

 and the river Wenfum, which bounds one fide of 

 it, is another great natural addition to the place; 

 but the plantations, which are large and flourifh- 

 ing, have been made by the worthy owner with fo 

 much judgment and true tafte, that they afford the 

 bed leffon any modern improver or layer out of 

 ground could advert to. 



The other is upon the eftate of Mifs Norris, at 

 Witton, quite in the face of the German ocean; 

 which, by having been planted very thick, have, 

 without any old trees to (belter them, fo flourifhed, 

 that, in the courfe of 22 years, it has, in one of 



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