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fcrred. One ingenious correfpondeht* of yours 

 cut down his firs, indeed, for the fake of his oaks, 

 and another for the fake of his beeches.f The 

 planters of oaks and beeches dcferve every encou- 

 ragement, as both find place in Naval Architec- 

 ture ; the latter, if long and Urait, ferve to plank 

 the bottoms of fhips, .up to the light water line, 

 equally well with the former, and at lefs than half 

 the expence. The moft fuccefsful planter I ever 

 heard of, is your correfpondent Mr. Marfham. It 

 does not often happen, that men have a tafte for 

 fuch purfuits, at the early age when he began his 

 careers and in the courfe of things, it as feldom 

 happens, that men attain his patriarchal years. 

 To plant in 17^0, anrl rnnremplate his improve- 

 ments in 1790, is an inftance fcarce to be equalled. 

 May his patriotic endeavours long be crowned 

 with the bleflings they deferve ! From the publick 



* I think this mode of planting oaks a very good one, as like- 

 wife this gentleman's method of rendering crooked faplings ftrait. 

 Though I profefs myfeif an advocate for rendering ftrait ones 

 crooked. 



f I fee no neceflity for cutting down all the firs in this cafe, for 

 the beech would have kept pace with them and flourifhed, and 

 there cannot be a more ornamental wood than a mixture of firs and 

 beeches, efpecially on a declivity, the contrails between the deep 

 green of the one, and the paler hue of the other, fonh a pleafing 

 objeft in the fummer months. The golden tinge of the latter en- 

 riches the fcene in autumn, and even when bronzed in the winter, 

 they have no unpleafing cffe^. 



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