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myself, are the only survivors of the nume- 

 rous party who were assembled on that oc- 

 casion. 



There was another plantation on a part of 

 Chunal Moor, at HoUingworth Head, the site 

 of which was covered with heather, and was 

 planted as early, or probably earlier, than the 

 Castle Hill and Banks Plantations ; but the 

 trees have long since disappeared from decay 

 or by the axe, and a top-dressing of lime, ap- 

 plied as soon as the ground was cleared of the 

 timber, has assisted in the 'decomposition of 

 the roots of the firs, — in fertiUzing the land, 

 which is now a piece of excellent pasture. 



The same course may hereafter be most 

 advantageously pursued with the Chunal Moor 

 Plantation, when its crop of larch and Scotch 

 firs has reached maturity, or ceased to grow, 

 and been removed, and the ground prepared for 

 a similar mode of treatment as in the case of 

 the HoUingworth Head Plantation just cited, 



