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the second season and commences growing ; 

 oak merely keeps alive, yet the Scotch fir is 

 used for nurses in New Forest, &c. It may 

 be asked, did any of the old oaks which have 

 grown or are standing there require exotics to 

 rear them to maturity? No, it must be 

 answered ; therefore it is but just to presume 

 that it is unnecessary, if not improper now. 



Some land draining done in this place 

 displayed a want of common practical know- 

 ledge in the person who set out the work : 

 if it had been properly planned it would have 

 been much more effective, and would have 

 continued so more than double the time it 

 now will, without incurring the expense of 

 a shilling per acre more. 



This park has been supplied with deer 

 from other places to the amount of nearly 

 restocking it ; why it was necessary, perhaps 

 the inspector would like to know ; but if the 

 cause be allowed to continue, the park will 

 require a similar supply in a few years. 



