William Gilpin 
Gilpin’s Forest Scenery [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This work, however, of enclosure and spoliation has, fortunately, of late years, created a strong pub lic Opinion, which before was non-existent, against the further destruction of our woods and forests and, though very much of what was beautiful is gone beyond recall, we have, still, some delightful rem nants left of our primeval trees, of rolling moorviii introduction.