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These will probably be deemed sufficient as positive 

 examples. Perhaps a single one, given in the compara- 

 tive way, and contrasting the expense of wooding a space 

 of ground by means of the transplanting machine, and 

 wooding it after the common method of planting with 

 nursery plants, will appear still more conclusive and satis- 

 factory to the reader. 



In looking up the lake, the reader will observe a bold 

 promontory or headland, (see Frontispiece, plate I.,) 

 situated on the right-hand side, near the bridge, which 

 was seen by the Committee of the Highland Society. 

 This prominent spot was wooded in 1817 by an open 

 disposition of trees, twenty-two in number, and consisting 

 mostly of Sycamores, with a few Oaks and Elms inter- 

 spersed. A few bushes, which are close to the water's 

 edge, have been recently added. 



The dimensions of the trees were from five-and-twenty 

 to eight -and-twenty feet high ; and as the situation was 

 one of very open exposure to the west, care was taken to 

 select such subjects as possessed, in a considerable degree, 

 all the protecting properties. This plantation was 

 executed in nine days, by nine workmen, and a horse to 

 draw the machine, the distance not much exceeding a 

 quarter of a mile. The expense, which amounted to 

 about 10 s. per tree, is as nnder : — 



Nine workmen 8 days, at Is. 8d. per day, . ^6 0 0 

 One horse and driver 15 days, at 5s. . . 3 15 0 

 Dung compost 44 cart-loads, at 9d. . . 1 13 0 



In all, ^11 8 0 



Now we shall suppose that the art of giving immediate 

 effect to wood had been altogerther unknown to me, and 



