PRFFACE. SA 



particularly alluded o in the courfe of the trea- 

 tife are reprefented. 



In an Appendix, I have given full inftruc- 

 tions for the formation and management of 

 Ofier plantations ; and have defcribed the dif- 

 ferent fpeeies of willows beft fuited to this pur- 

 pofe. I have added fome tabular views, which 

 I judged might prove both entertaining and 

 ufeful. 



Although, in a few inftances, the practice 

 recommended in this treatife may be more im- 

 mediately calculated for the climate of Scotland, 

 I have conftantly kept in view the poilibllity of 

 the book being confulted by Englifli or Iriih 

 planters and improvers; and I flatter myfelf, 

 that, if it be, they will have no caufe to re- 

 pent. 



Being a Scotfman, I take it for granted that 

 I may infenfibly have fallen into Scotictfms^ as 

 they are called, in attempting to write Eng- 

 lifli. I have fometimes alfo intentionally em- 

 ployed expreffive Scots terms ; and where I 

 iuppofed thefe might be unintelligible to my 

 Southern readers, I have taken care to explain 

 their meaning. As to the general ftyle of the 

 book, (for which I confider myfelf anfwerable,- 



having: 



