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very prejudicial to the timber. My predeceflbr, 

 about the year 1750, planted a row of them in x 

 place iince converted into a garden. Their Ihafts 

 were apparently fo clean, as to engage a cooper's 

 notice, who purchafed them at a good price, viz. 

 36s. per ton, but told me afterwards, they were 

 clung, and did not anfwer his purpofe,* fo he re- 

 fold thejn to a country carpenter at a lofs. One 

 of thefe trees, which was left (landing, meafures 

 now four feet eight inches in circumference at four 

 'itti from the ground. 



Afh timber, when raifed in damp meadows, or 

 moorifh foils, becomes light, fpongy, brittle, and of 

 fmall value, in comparifon of that on dry and 

 healthy fpots. In meadows, they will attain a fize f 

 which cannot be expedled in moors and bogs ; for 

 when the roots reach the peat, the bark grows 

 moffy, and the top decays \ how long ftubs may 

 be produdlive of poles, in fuch fituations, remains 



♦ i. c. They vvould not cleave into hoops. Clung — a provin- 

 cial term, fignifying that the grain adheres too clofely to fepa- 

 ratc freely. 



+ Anafliin my mill mead, which in 1760 contained 34 feet 

 j|f ^mbcr, being appareutly at a ftand, was felled laft fpring, and 

 then raeafured 60 feet, <vix. an increafe of 16 feet in thirty 

 yei»fs. It was a fine butt fp look at, but was eftimatcd at no more 

 tb^ ?55. per ton. N. B. The top had been decaying, and the 

 growtji ftagnated for five or fix years pail. 



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