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trees ; and I doubt exceedingly whether they 
ought ever to be removed. The soil is a 
clay, and, therefore, in wet weather, all the 
grass would be very unfit for walking upon ; 
and the more the trees shall grow, the less 
safe, as it seems to me, will it become, to 
throw open such a place to all the idle, and 
all the disorderly, of a great metropolis. 
We hear of the difficulty with which Ken- 
sington Gardens, and the older Parks, are 
kept secure under these aspects; and, io 
say nothing of the thefts, and of the mis- 
chief to the place, I greatly fear, that the 
Regent’s Park, once fully opened, would 
need a very numerous police! But I would 
enclose Primrose Hill, as also the ground 
between it’s foot and the canal, upon a plan 
less nice, both as to decoration and restraint. 
Anything would be an improvement upon 
their present condition, and with that, so far, 
I would be content. The great point to be 
attained is, to secure the hill and the fields 
for the enjoyment of the metropolis for ever ; 
and next, to make them substantially orna- 
mental. Once secured, 1 would decorate the 
summit of the hill with a plantation, which 
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