A Tour Thro The Whole Island Of Great Britain Divided Into Circuits Or Journies Containing I A Description Of The Principal Cities By A Gentl

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230339078
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain; Divided Into Circuits Or Journies. Containing, I. a Description of the Principal Cities ... by a Gentl written by Daniel Defoe and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1761 edition. Excerpt: ... A little farther, is the Castle of Tenningham, a noble eld Seat of the Earls of Haddington, of late Years greatly improved. Many Millions of Trees are planted in a fandy Down, or Links, as they call them here, between the House and the Sea, which are very thriving. 'On i the South-west Side of Dunbar, under the Mountains, near a Place called Dun-hill, is the Field 'where the Battle was fought between Oliver Cromiveil and General LeJIy, Commander of the Scots Army, where the desperate Few (for Cromwell's Army was not above 8000 Men) deseated and totally overthrew the great Army of the other Side, killed 6ocoof them, and took 10,000 Prisoners, to the Surprize of the World. Here we turned out of the Way, to see the Marquis of Tweedale's fine Park at Te/ler, or Zejler; in the Cetir ter of which stands a. very noble House, but in a too . low Situation. The Earl of Tweedale, in the Reign of K. CbdrlesII; having seen the Plans of Greenwich and St. Jamer's Parks, was so-pleased with them, that, as soon as he went down into Scotland, he laid out the Plan and Design of all those noble Walks and Forests of Trees, which he planted here. A Gentleman, whose Judgement I can depend upon, told me, that if ever those Trees came to be worth but Six-pence apiece, they would be of more Value than the Fee-simple of the whole paternal Estate of the Family. Nor is this unlikely, if it be true, that his Lordship, and his immediate Successor, planted above 6000 Acres of Land with' Fir-trees; and where-ever any of them failed, they. Were constantly renewed the next Year. The Park itself is faid to be eight Miles round, and exceeds, in many respects, (particularly as to Walling . and Planting) Richmond Park in Surryi but the Plantation of Fir is not confined to...