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steeps as bearing, immediately on this part of 

 my subject, belonging to his Grace tbe Duke 

 of Devonsbire, near Buxton, in tbe case of 

 two of wbicb, the Edge Moor and Oorbar 

 Edge plantations, I recommend a similar ad- 

 dition; and it is practicable (ia the third, 

 the Brown Edge, it is not necessary) by 

 taking the breadth wanted for the belt, to 

 be filled with ash and firs on the northerly 

 aspects of the two steeps last mentioned, 

 from the land adjoining. The Brown Edge 

 is sufficiently protected on its northerly aspect 

 by the overhanging ground of the Ooombe's 

 Moss moorlands. 



I have given drawings of plantations, 

 "steeps" and "levels" likewise, in several 

 localities which are familiar to many of my 

 readers — on the estate of his Grace the Duke 

 of Devonshire, near Buxton and Eairfield; 

 on the estate of William Tatton Egerton, Esq., 

 in Whitle ; and on the demesne of Glossop 

 Dale; on lands belonging to Lord Edward 



