YettherewereotherworksforBritishdukestodo。GeorgeLoudon，Quintinye，Evelyn，hadtaughtthemtomakegardens。ArthurYoung，Bakewell，andMechi，havemadethemagricultural。ScotlandwasacampuntilthedayofCulloden。TheDukesofAthol，Sutherland，Buccleugh，andtheMarquisofBreadalbanehaveintroducedtherape—culture，thesheep—farm，wheat，drainage，theplantationofforests，theartificialreplenishmentoflakesandpondswithfish，therentingofgame—preserves。Againstthecryoftheoldtenantry，andthesympatheticcryoftheEnglishpress，theyhaverootedoutandplantedanew，andnowsixmillionsofpeoplelive，andlivebetteronthesamelandthatfedthreemillions。
TheEnglishbarons，ineveryperiod，havebeenbraveandgreat，aftertheestimateandopinionoftheirtimes。ThegrandoldhallsscatteredupanddowninEngland，aredumbvoucherstothestateandbroadhospitalityoftheirancientlords。Shakspeare’sportraitsofgooddukeHumphrey，ofWarwick，ofNorthumberland，ofTalbot，weredrawninstrictconsonancewiththetraditions。AsketchoftheEarlofShrewsbury，fromthepenofQueenElizabeth’sarchbishopParker；
（*3）LordHerbertofCherbury’sautobiography；thelettersandessaysofSirPhilipSidney；theanecdotespreservedbytheantiquariesFullerandCollins；someglimpsesattheinteriorsofnoblehouses，whichweowetoPepysandEvelyn；thedetailswhichBenJonson’smasques（performedatKenilworth，Althorpe，Belvoir，andothernoblehouses，）recordorsuggest；downtoAubrey’spassagesofthelifeofHobbesinthehouseoftheEarlofDevon，arefavorablepicturesofaromanticstyleofmanners。Penshurststillshinesforus，anditsChristmasrevels，\"wherelogsnotburn，butmen。\"AtWiltonHouse，the\"Arcadia\"waswritten，amidstconversationswithFulkeGreville，LordBrooke，amanofnovulgarmind，ashisownpoemsdeclarehim。ImustholdLudlowCastleanhonesthouse，forwhichMilton’s\"Comus\"waswritten，andthecompanynoblybredwhichperformeditwithknowledgeandsympathy。Intherollofnobles，arefoundpoets，philosophers，chemists，astronomers，alsomenofsolidvirtuesandofloftysentiments；oftentheyhavebeenthefriendsandpatronsofgeniusandlearning，andespeciallyofthefinearts；andatthismoment，almosteverygreathousehasitssumptuouspicture—gallery。
（*3）Dibdin’sLiteraryReminiscences，vol。1，xii。
Ofcourse，thereisanothersidetothisgorgeousshow。Everyvictorywasthedefectofapartyonlylessworthy。Castlesareproudthings，but’tissafesttobeoutsideofthem。Warisafoulgame，andyetwarisnottheworstpartofaristocratichistory。Inlatertimes，whenthebaron，educatedonlyforwar，withhisbrainsparalyzedbyhisstomach，foundhimselfidleathome，hegrewfatandwanton，andasorrybrute。Grammont，Pepys，andEvelyn，showthekennelstowhichthekingandcourtwentinquestofpleasure。