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MEMOIE OF THE AUTHOE. 



imparted, with the combined operations of all the 

 members of such an association. We trust that some 

 attention will hereafter be given to this very important 

 object, and favourite project of Sir Henry. 



For several years after the publication of the " Planter's 

 Guide,'' AUanton was visited from all quarters by persons 

 interested in the new system of transplanting ; as also by 

 tourists and others who were desirous of gratifying their 

 curiosity with the view of a place which had been actually 

 re-created by the wonderful and successful improvements 

 of the proprietor. Scarcely a day passed without the 

 arrival of some visitor, to whom, according to circum- 

 stances, either Sir Henry or some of his people pointed 

 out the improvements on the park at Allanton. But the 

 formation of a park by the removal of large trees did not 

 form the only important feature in the landscape. During 

 the winter of 1819-20, Sir Henry had employed nearly 

 two hundred of the unemployed weavers in forming an 

 extensive piece of water in the centre of the grounds, 

 which, combined with the woods that on all sides sur- 

 round it, increases in no small degree the picturesque 

 beauty of the park. The employment of so many dis- 

 tressed manufacturers in a period of general depression and 

 disturbance, reflected the highest credit as much on the wise 

 and benevolent feelings of Sir Henry, as it must prove a 

 lasting monument of the proprietor's taste in the embel- 

 lishment of his demesne. It is by such acts of kindly 

 beneficence, combined with taste and utility, that a country 

 proprietor not merely endears himself to his people, but 

 also, in addition to the benefit which the district derives 

 from his taste and exertions, those feelings of subordina- 

 tion and dutiful respect are cemented and maintained, 

 which justly entitle a resident proprietor to be esteemed 

 the benefactor of his people and the country at large. 



