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xi. Masohertus, cited by Camden, that were every one of them a mile iftcompafs. In a word, to give an instance of what store of woods, and tim-ber of prodigious size, there were growing in our little county of Surrey ,(with sufficient grief and reluctancy I speak it) my own Grandfather had

from Mansfield, is ih e, Duncan Plantation, in honour of the Victory gained by Lord ViscountDuncan over the DutchFIeet.——In thefe Plantations, pillars are erected with inscrip-tions.

Since this survey, many extensive inclosures have been made, and much waste land hasbeen planted by the Duke of Portland and other Proprietors, to whose patriotism thisnation is much indebted. The time will come when these Oaks will be venerated by pos.terity as Monuments of British valour, succefsfully exerted in every part of the habitableglobe, in defence of the happinefs and liberties of mankind. The illustrious Linnaeus styledopr happy Island the “ Punctum Vitae in Vitello Orbis.” A compliment that Rome in themeridian of her glory never defcrved.

Forests in England, many ofzvhich are without trees.

Northumberland , 2—Rothbury, in the middle of it; Lowes, on the west side. Cumber-land, 5 —Nicol, Knaredale, Westwood, Inglewood , and Copeland, all desolate. Westmore-land, 6 —Milburn, on the north; Whinficld,Martindale,and Thornwaite,on thewest; Stani-more, and Mellerstang, on the east. Bishopric of Durham, I—Langdale or Teesdale, on thebanks of the Tees. Lancashire, 3 —Lancaster , and Wiresdale, a little to the fouth; Simons-wood, almost to ••Liverpool. Yorkshire , 10—Lime, Applegarth, Swalidale, and WenesleyDale, on the.north; Pickering, on the cast; Knaresborough in the middle; Harewood, onthe south; Galtrice, on the east, which extends almost to York; Hardwick, near Halifax;Hatfield Chaee, the scite now only to be fecn. Cheshire, 2 —Delamere, and Macclesfield ;there was formerly Wircall forest , which occupied the peninfula between the Mersey and-the Dee. Nottinghamsire, 1—Sherewood. Shropshire , 4 —Huckstow, Kinswood, Bridge-north, andClune. Staffordshire , 2—Need wood, and the extensive forest of Cankwood.Leicestershire, 2—Charnwood, to the fouth, and the forest of Leicester. Rutlandshire , 1—Lyfield. Hertfordshire, 4 —Bringwood, Durfield, Hawood, and Acornbury. Worcester-shire, 3—Wire, north-west, Malvern, and Feckingham. Warwickshire, 1—Arden. North-amptonshire, 4 —Rockingham, Salcey, Yardlejr, and Whittlebury. Huntingdonshire , 1 —Wabridge. Gloucestershire, 3 —Dean, Micklewood, and Kingsvvood. Oxfordshire , 1 —Wichwood. Buckinghamshire , 2—Bernwood, and Clitern. Efsex, 2—Epping, and Hain-hault. Wiltshire , 4 —Peevisham, Blakemore, Bradon, and Savernach. Berkshire, 1 —Windsor. Middlesex, 1—Enfield. Surrey and Kent, 1—Tunbridge. Sufsex, 7 —St.Leonard’s,Word, Ashdown, Walterdown, Dallington, Arundel, and Charlton. In Cornwall theredoes not appear to have been any. Devonshire, 2—Dartmore, and Exmore. Somerset-shire, 2—Neroke, and Selwood. Dorsetshire , 3 —Gillingham Cranburn; Cranburn Chace,east; Blackmore, west, commonly called the Forest of Whitehart: the whole island ofPurbeck was once a forest. Hampshire , 5 —Chute, on the north; Harewood, on the■west; Holt, on the east; Waltham, on the. fouth; Bere, .near Titchfield, and the NewForest, on.the fouth-west. Jn all 86 Forests.