200 The Journal of Forestry. 



and in some cases not more than £1 10s. per acre for our woodlands, 

 expect to retain their confidence or esteem ? or shall we wonder if dis- 

 missed their service, and told that no forester, unless trained in Kent 

 under the superintendence of some specially' gifted individual, is at all 

 capable of performing the duties of forester ? Nay, we might rather 

 wonder their patience lasted so long, when men can be got that will 

 give them £432 for every £150 we are now doing; and this only at rare 

 intervals, or when the choicest of their trees happen to be cut down. But 

 we may safely tell them that no Kentish forester will give them these prices, 

 for precious as these hop poles are, they cannot grow on earth alone to 

 produce these glowing figures they read of in this paper of Mr. Duff's. Our 

 profession is a noble and a grand one, and needs no extraneous aid to elevate 

 it in the eyes of our fellow countrymen, as our handiworks, in combination 

 with that of the Creator, produce at once a pleasing object to the eye, and 

 confer benefits in various ways upon all mankind, while it also provides a 

 favourite subject of study to many wise men engaged in seeking to reduce 

 the cause of our distress, and alleviate the painful sufferings endured by our 

 race. 



To junior and inexperienced brethren I would say, " Test all things by 

 the light of truth," and let the same light lead and guide the heart and pen 

 of more experienced ones ; and thus we shall, through the medium of our 

 favourite journal, diffuse a beneficial and benign influence aiound us. 



Pro Bono Publico. 



THE GOLYNOS OAK. 



Sir, — In Times TcJescojje for 18iG are given a few particulars of this 

 ^'rare stick," in addition to those mentioned in page 70 of your first 

 number. The main trunk, at 10 feet long, produced 450 cubic feet ; one 

 limb, 355 ; one ditto, 472 ; one ditto, 235 ; one ditto, 15G ; one ditto, 106 ; 

 one ditto, 113 ; and six other limbs, of inferior size, averaged 93 feet, 

 each : making the total 2426* feet of sound and convertible timber. The 

 bark was estimated at six tons ; but as some of the heavy body bark was 

 stolen out of the barge at Newport, the exact weight is not known. Five 

 men were twenty days cutting down and stripping this tree, and a pair of 

 sawyers were five mouths converting it, without losing a day (Sundays 

 excepted). The money paid for converting only, independent of the 

 expense of carriage, was £82. In sawing it through, a stone was discovered 

 six feet from the ground, above a yard in the body of the tree, through 

 which the saw cut ; the stone was about six inches in diameter and com- 

 pletely shut in, but round which there was not the least symptom of 

 decay. It was sold standing for £105, and the whole produce of the tree 

 was, as stated, within a trifle of £600; see Monthly Revietv for 1816, 

 page 335 (Volume 81, new series). With reference to the price of special 



* The total of these separate items is 2445 feet. 



