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ADDENDA. 



^he following note came too late to be infertcd 



in its proper place, at the word pooj\ 



page 68, line ii. 



** If my time had not oMiged me to leave Nezuton 

 fo foon, Mr. Comber would have carried me to fee 

 three great Improvers^ who lie in a line from South to 

 North, to the Weft of Eaji Newton. Thefe are 

 Francis Chohnondley o? Brandsby-HaU,Y,(c[; Charleshord 

 Fairfax of GiUing-Cajile, and Thomas Earl of Falconberg 

 of Nnvburg-HalL The following is Mr. Combe)'' s. 

 account : 



Mr. Cholmondley has converted feveral cohTiderab'le 

 IVai-rens and Moors into good arable, pafture, and 

 meadow, and i:a:ifed very good quick-fences, v/ith 

 proper plantations of trees in the hedge-rows, fo as 

 to create a defence for the cattle on the bleak-heights j 

 and his cultivation has been carried on with large 

 quantities of lime, which anfwers v/elf on that frelh 

 land. I muft obfcrve that he chiefly plarits the large 

 maples (plain and ftriped,) and they appear in efte£l 

 to fuit his foil well. I muft add, that he has built an 

 exceeding good houfe, and laid out handfome gardens, 

 and got removed to a proper diftance the church, 

 which is new built and has a good effcil. V/hen I 

 add, that he has a fine profpecl of Ycrk-minfier and 

 the cultivated country around, I need hardly fhyj that" 

 Brandjlcy is become one of the rnoft inrprovcd places 

 in the North R.iding. 



The improvements about GiUing are great, thoujrh 

 of fomewhat a difference. Lord Fairfax has been in- 

 deed employed about them many years. The caftle 

 Itands very high, and has a noble and diverfified 

 profpeft, but a confined one, whereas Mr. Chdmondby*^ 

 is an extenfive one. Lord Fairfax has a ccmmand of 



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