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The bark of the fugar-maple is different in ap- 

 pearance fronn that of the common maple, and not 

 iKilike the bark of an Englifli oak ; how far, or whe- 

 ther either of them may be in any refped fimilar to 

 the Engli(h maple, I cannot tell. The leaves of the 

 two American maples appear exactly the fame, and 

 1 believe there is no material difference in the wood; 

 they are bodi of a light colour, fplit fair and eafy; 

 jM3d the common maple is ufed by the fhoemakers 

 for pegs to fatten the heels of fhoes together, in j- 

 ference to any other wood. Some common m .pie 

 boards have lately been brought to this port from 

 New-England. 



All trees while young, that grow in a thick wood 

 of large trees, are flow in their growth, and it is dif- 

 ficult to tell their age by the lines that each year's 

 growth makes ; I fhould think it probable that few 

 are fit to tap until they are fifty years old, and that 

 the large trees are generally from 2 to 300 years 

 old. The fugar maple abounds moil in flony 

 ground, in hilly countries, and where the ground is 

 full of Iprings, or fmall brooks of watery they grow 

 in the greatefl plenty on the lower moiil grounds, 

 where the foil is mofl natural to beech, birch, or 

 alh ; and are mixed with a variety of other treeSj 

 though but rarely mixed with oak. 



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