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my trees have efcaped this fpring (after fo mild a 

 winter as the laft) without fuffering much damage. 

 Having thus pointed out the mifchicf, and in fome 

 mcafurc accounted for the caufe of iti I wifh I could 

 as eafily point out the remedy. 



The deftru6lion of the animal of courfe is the firft 

 that offers itfelfj but that is not, in large woods 

 efpecially, fo eafily accomplilhed. There are various 

 ways, by which their numbers may be diminifhed, 

 but in the fhelter and harbour of extenfive planta- 

 tions^, their agility and their cautious fhynefs and 

 cunning, will baffle all our endeavours j however, 

 they may be greatly leflened by degrees, and in 

 time perhaps in a great meafure extirpated, cither 

 by taking their nefts and deftroying their young 

 year after year, when they can be got at, which is. 

 not always to be done, as they generally build their 

 nefts at the extremities of the branches; or by hunt- 

 ing or (hooting them. But where they are nume-r 

 rous, all thefe methods will hardly be fufficient^ 

 unlefs purfued by an unremitting perfeverance. If 

 any rnore effedlual method can be thought of for 

 deftroying thefe animajs^ I (hall be very gald to be 

 made acquainted with it. 



Thus I have committed to paper fuch particulars 

 d( have ggcurred to my obfervation relative to thefe 



de(b-u(ftiv^ 



