ey 2, Duff Louse Park, which compre- 
Bends part of two colitids;. and five 
parishes. Notwithstanding the acci- 
dental destruction of a large plantation, ’ 
&y aneighbours burning furze, yet he 
centinued his improvements, and’ soom 
encreased his woods to 673 acres, in his 
ewn neighbourhood, containing 4,000,000 
al trees. 
“A tong Tife, chiefly directed to this 
great, object, enabled him a-little before 
iis death, to have completed the planting 
ef about 14,000 acres in all, and so profit- 
aide, did this become, even during’ his 
own time, that the tdinnings alone, sold 
wane year, for 1000/. sterling. In. re- 
speet to the modern improvement of 
peuning, he was always. very sparing of 
3, and’ although the scene of his labours 
was in a northern portion af the island, 
¥et the oak itself, which has hitherto 
Been accounted a delicate plant, flou- 
rishes there, even in the immediate vici- 
mity of the sea. 
OF Jate years, his lordship has only 
Planted at the rateof one hundred acres 
per Annuin, but he has always made it 
am invariable rule, to cut down firs, 
arches, and all other trees which inter- 
fered with the more valuable species of 
close-grammed timber. In December, 
¥807, a silver fir, which had been set by 
his lordship in 1756, was blown down; 
the following were the dimen- 
gions > 
Length ‘of the trunk, from the gece rach 
surtace of the ground until divi- 
dédinto five limits: . . . .°?7: 0 
Girth at surface of the ground . 9 7 
Guth immediately below where 
the dimbs ‘set ol i. “ee EE 
Tlie five limbs,were all of the same 
height, except one wiich divided 
ite two branches, before it 
reached the top. These were only 
a few inches shorter than the 
ethers, which were 42 feet, 6 in- 
hes from where they left the 
truuk, whose length was 7 feet: 
therefore, when added together, 
to the height of the tree we have 49 6 
' There are many pineasters Jarger than 
this, but the oaks are by far the most va- 
Pix bile') in every point of view; and should 
the present unhappy dispute with the 
northern powers, continue, or be here- 
after renewed, there can be but httle 
doubt that in twenty- -live years more, 
they will’ be invaluable, so faras respects 
Alemoirs of the, late Barl of Fife. 
. 60 to6Si 
white the bank amounted to 3000 
{ April 1, 
national objects, while the profits accrue 
ing to his heirs, will at thie” sane time bs 
incalculable. 
Asan agriculturist on a great scale, 
the cai] of Fife, stands alsoin a respecta- ’ 
Lle pot of virw He erected no tess 
than ‘five bridges, and bea znd for- 
med several roads, “He dug a canal, froin” 
eet Wide, hetween a lake hee the. 
séa, the extent of which was 2,200 yards, 
By 
Jaying out the sumof 1150/. he alsoimm- 
proved a tract cf land, worth’ only 25f 
per aman, so as-to preduce 2654. 
yearly. 
Nor ought it to be omatted, that at a 
great expence, and seemingly m direct, 
opposition to nature, the subject of this 
memoir has, in some measure, created a 
harbour on the borders of the Moray 
frith. This port, christened by hin - 
“ Mactuit’s town,” was originally an 
insivnificant . httle ‘ain we, Containing a 
few miserable tuts but in consequence 
of his patronage, a pier was erected for 
the protection of shipping, and by grant-— 
ing cercain privileges to the inhabitants, 
the place has increased greatly in point 
of extent and importance. It was from 
it he shipped. the earth and stone, that 
formed the beautiful terrace to Fife 
house on the side of the Thames, as if 
determined oui to reside On Scotch. 
ground. 
After living to a patriarchal age, the 
Earl was carried off by a second attack 
of the stone, and subsequently to his 
death a very. Jarge lump was extracted.’ 
He had no faith in medical men, or medi- 
cine, would never submit to any opera- 
tion, and seemed determined from the 
first to resist physic and physicians of alt 
kinds. 
His will has not given great satisfac- 
‘tion to his heirs, as 1& was “calculated for 
the benefit: not of the present, but some 
future generation. Mr. Thellusson ap- 
pears to have been his model on this oc-= 
casion, and he steered as near that great 
landmark, as the late act of Parliament 
would permit. Indeed, in this point of 
view, he was enabled to do more in Scot- 
land than he could effect in England, as’ 
the laws here, abhor every thing that 
savours of perpetuity. His body was 
carried down to Bamffshire, and intomb- 
ed in a mausoleum, which he hunself had 
erected. inet 
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