THE OAK IREK IN F.SSKX. 



1- ;i;. 14. — Oak at Great Yeldha.m. 

 ;even test three quarters, but the height is not in proportion to the bulk ; the 

 ■tern from the branches being not above twelve feet high, and the height of the 

 i-hole not exceeding eighty feet. At the place where this oak stands, the road 

 rem Braintree is divided into the form of a letter Y." 



This tree is in a much decayed condition. Every care has been 

 aken to preserve the trunk as far as possible by building it up with 

 :ement, and otherwise supporting it. The view I give of it was 

 aken from a field adjoining the road. 



Twinsted Oak. — At Twinsted, opposite the church, there is a 



Fig. 15.— ^Twinsted 0.\i-:. 



rand oak, with a bole having a girth of twenty seven feet. 



