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But upon the wolds and other heights adja- 

 cent to the Vale, shelter-plaxtations are 

 every where wanted; and it mufl be a mat' 

 ter of aftoniihment to every one who gives it 

 a moment's refledtion, that the fpirit of plant- 

 ing fhould in thefe fituations have lain dor- 

 mant fo long. 



Upon the WOLDS, however, it has at length 

 roufed into adlion. Sir Geo. Strickland 

 has Icattercd a number of fheltering clumps 

 upon the heights towards Malton ; and Sir. 

 Christopher Sykes and others are placing 

 ikreen plantations upon the bleak fwells of 

 the higher wolds. Should this laudable fpi- 

 rit diffufe itfclf into a general pradice, not 

 only the face of this fine paflagc of country, 

 but the very foil, or at leaft its produce and 

 value, will in a fhort time be changed. 



The ikreen plantations which 1 have cb- 

 ferved upon the wolds are all of the miscel- 

 LANLOus kind ; — pines and deciduous trees 

 of various forts mixt together. 



It flrikes mc, however, that the beech 



alone would be the moil eligible tree to be 



propagated upon the wolds : it is peculiarly 



adapted to calcareous foils ; and thrives 



R 4 with 



