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ployed for the purpofc. But in whatever way it 

 ihall be condudled, the perfon who begins this ma- 

 nufadure muft lay his account with performing 

 very little work for fome time at the firft, in com- 

 parifon of what he will be able to execute afterwards 

 with eafe. 



If the whins that are to be employed for this 

 purpofe grow naturally in the foil in irregular buihes, 

 it is a troublefome work to cut and gather them. 

 To underftand the proper mode of managing this 

 bufinefs in all its departments, it is neceflary to 

 advert to feveral particulars in the natural ceconomy 

 of this Angular plant. Inftead of leaves, the whin is 

 furnifhcd with an innumerable quantity of prickles. 

 Thefe fpring out from every part of the young ftem, 

 and are, at the firft, like the ftem itfelf to which 

 they adhere, fucculent, foft, and inoffenfive; but like 

 the (lems alfo, they become gradually harder, as the 

 fcafon advances, and feem, indeed, to a cafual ob- 

 ferver, to form a part of that ftem, though they arc 

 as different from it as the leaves of other trees arc 

 from the branches which produce them. 



Thefe prickles do not, like the leaves of moft 

 deciduous trees, fall off at the approach of winter, 

 but like evergreens, they remain upon the branches 

 all winter, and retain during tfeat time their full 



fucculencc 



