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the way can only be interesting to him 

 who wishes to examine the growth of his 

 young trees; to every one else it must be 

 tedious, and its dulness will increase in 

 proportion to its length. On the con- 

 trary, if the plantation be judiciously 

 made of various breadth, if its outline 

 be adapted to the natural shape of the 

 ground, and if the drive be conducted 

 irregularly through its course, sometimes 

 totally within the dark shade, sometimes 

 skirting so near its edge as to shew the 

 different scenes betwixt the trees, and 

 sometimes quitting the M-ood entirely to 

 enjoy the unconfinec] view of distant pro- 

 spects, — it will surely be allowed that 

 such a plantation is the best possible means 

 of connecting and displaying the various 

 pleasing points of view, at a distance from 

 each other, within the limits of the park; 

 and the only just objection that can be 

 urged is — where such points do not occur 

 often enough, and where the length of a 

 drive is substituted for its varktij. 



This letter, which has been written at 

 various opportunities, during my journey 



