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The rudiments of law, as they relate to landed property:

Those of architecture, as they relate to farm buildings.

The forming of roads.

Raising and preserving hedges; and

The propagation and management

of woodlands,

This department, alone, may well fix the attention and support of every man of large landed property: as capa- ble managers, and accurate management, will necessarily grow out of it: and their heirs, at least(if they should not deem it fit to attend, themselves, to the in- structions it will infallibly disseminate) may imbibe principles of conduct, which will render them what every large pro- prietor of lands ought to be—affluent and respected; especially by his te- nants;—whose comforts in life depend more on the government of the estate they live upon, than on that of the coun- try in which it is situated. And it is