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Next to the cutting down of trees improperly, 

 the greatefl milchief is to let them grow 

 together till they ruin each other. He had 

 fufFered his woodward only to ufe his difcre- 

 tion in the diftant woods. In the groves, 

 about his houfe, he allowed no marking- 

 hammer, but his own. The confequence 

 was, he was fo little on the fpot, that many 

 of his beil: trees were injured -, his iirs efpe- 

 cially, which will not long bear ftraitened 

 quarters. — Thefe two circuits round his houfe, 

 Mr. Mitford has joined by three crofs walks. 



In taking thefe circuits we could not help 

 remarking the comparative virtue of tafte, 

 and expence. The former, with very little 

 of the latter, will always produce fomething 

 pleafing : while the utmoft efforts of the 

 latter, unaided by the former, are inefFeftual. 

 The larger the proportion of mifguided ex- 

 pence ; the wider will the deformity fpread : 

 whereas every touch in the hand of tafte, has 

 fo far it's effed:. 



It is the fame precifely in working on the 

 fcenes of nature, as on paper, or canvas. Set 

 two artifts at work. Give one of them a bit 

 of black-lead, and a fcrap of paper. Every 

 touch he makes, perhaps deferves to be 



treafured 



