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young trees, which very seldom grow 

 when exposed singly to the wind and 



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I shall now proceed to defend my pre- The Beit. 

 decessor's belt, on the same principle of 

 expedience. Although I perfectly agree 

 that, in certain situations, it has been ex*- 

 ecuted in a manner to be tiresome in it- 

 self, and highly injurious to the general 

 scenery; yet there are many places in 

 which no method could be more fortur 

 nately devised, than a belt or boundary 

 of plantation to encompass the park or 

 lawn. It is often too long, and always 

 too narrow, but from painful experience 

 I am convinced, that notwithstanding the 

 obstinacy and presumption of which Mr. 

 Brown is accused, he had equal difficul- 

 ties to surmount from the profusion, and 

 the parsimony of his employers, or he 

 would never have consented to those 

 meagre girdles of plantation which are 

 extended for many miles in length, air 

 though not above twenty pr thirty yards 

 in breadtL 



Let me briefly trace the origin, in- its Origin. 



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