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was done by his father 35 years ago, and the 

 buildings raifed of them are now fully equal 

 to thofe built of Norway fir. 



Befides thefe numerous plantations, con- 

 fiderable manfion, and an incredible quantity 

 of walling, his lordfhip has walled in 26 acres 

 for a garden and nurfery, and built fix or 

 feven very large pineries, 90 feet long each. 

 He has built alfo a farm-yard 280 feet fquare, 

 totally furrounded with offices of various 

 kinds. 



His Lordfhip's idea is not that of farming, 

 but improving the lands about the houfe for 

 beauty ; for if let, they would be deftroyed 

 and ploughed, and alfo for preferving the 

 plantations. Other lands he keeps only to 

 bring them into order for re-letting. He ap- 

 plies his grafs befides horfes, to fattening 

 cows, which he buys in in May, from 3I, 15s. 

 to 4I. 1 os. and in five or fix months fells 

 them, with 35s. to 40s. profit. His mules are 

 16 or 17 hands high, and he finds them of 

 incomparable ufe: they are in their prime at 

 20 years old, and good even at 35 ; he has had 

 them 16 years, and in that time, with the 

 work they have done, would have worn out 

 three fets of horfes, befides being kept upon 

 lefs food. Of hay he gets 17 or 1 8 load an 

 acre of 4 cwt. 



In the breed of his cattle, Lord Beclive is 

 very attentive; he fcnt into Craven for a 



prime 



