employers, or he would never have con- 

 ferred to thofe meagre girdles of planta- 

 tion which are extended for many miles 

 in length, although not above twenty or 

 thirty yards in breadth. 



Let me briefly trace the origin, inten- 

 tion, and ufes of a belt. The comfort and 

 pleafure of a country refidence requires, 

 that fome ground, in proportion to the 

 fize of the houfe, mould be feparated 

 from the adjoining ploughed fields; this 

 inclofure, call it park, or lawn, or pleafure 

 ground, muft have the air of being appro- 

 priated to the peculiar ufe and pleafure 

 of the proprietor. The love of feclufion 

 and fafety is not lefs natural to man than 

 that of liberty, and I conceive it would be 

 almoft as painful to live in a houfe without 

 the power of (hutting any door, as in one 

 with all the doors locked: the mind is 

 equally difpleafed with the excefs of li- 

 berty, 



