STEUART'S planter's GUIDE. 2^7 



It is curious to remark of how much greater im- 

 portance the elder part of society — those upon whom 

 wealth has at length devolved, are generally held. 

 Any device, however trifling, which can in any way 

 divert the fancy, pamper the lingering senseSj or 

 patch up the body of our second childhood, is infinite- 

 ly more useful to the discoverer, and meets with high- 

 er patronage and more eclat, than what is of a thou- 

 sand times more consequence to the young. Now, if 

 this were the fruit of filial love, all would be very well 

 — we would idolize the picture: but when we see these 

 discoveries only patronized by the old themselves, in 

 the merest egotism, we blush for oiu* patriarchs, and 

 wonder if time and suffering will be spent as unpro- 

 fitably upon ourselves. 



We wonder much what fascination can exist to 

 a mind of so much ability and cultm-e as that 

 of Sir Henry Steuart, in decorating a few dull un- 

 profitable acres, — causing a few bushes and bush- 

 like trees to change place from one side of a dull 

 green to the other ! — laying digested plans of action, 

 embracing a great number of years, to accomplish 

 this very important feat, which most probably the 

 next heir will make the business of his life to un- 

 do, by turning them back to their old quarters, if 

 he does not, with more wisdom, grub them out alto- 



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