1393- ox the value and uses of the larch tree. 87 
» self immediately he got up, and they left Loentyag 
Murza. * 
* To be continued. 
ON THE VALUE AND USES OF THE LARCH TREE. 
Continued from p. 16. 
Hop poles. 
: Hop poles are only wanted in certain districts; but. 
- where they are wanted, it is a matter of very se- 
rious concern to be able to obtain them at a 
small expence; nor can any wood be named that 
can be put into competition with larch wood for 
hop poles.. From the accidental experiment by Mr 
Dempster, it appears that no wood ean be half so 
durable. It seems to me probable, that a set of 
larch poles would outlast three or four sets at least - 
of afh poles; and. as larch can be reared every 
where so as to admit of their being had at every 
. place where they can be wanted, free of expence 
of carriage, (which cannot be tHe case with ath 
poles,) they could probably be afforded in all 
cases at lefs than half the original cost of ath 
poles, and in many cases at lefs than one) fourth of © 
that cost. The saving on this article, therefore, in 
these circumstances is obvious. 
* This description of Loentyag Murza accordsso much with the 
manners of some of the Rufsian nobility that it is allowable to suppose 
her majesty took the picture from some one of them, 
