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ground, girthed 12 feet, and the other at the same 

 height girthed 1 1 feet. In 1867, at the same height, 

 I measured the largest tree, and found it girth " 1 6 feet 

 at three feet from the ground, and on measuring it. the 

 other day, I found the largest one 22 J feet at one foot 

 from the ground, 17J feet at two feet from the ground, 

 and 1 6 feet 3 inches at three feet from the ground — 

 extreme height, 100 feet. Girth of the other tree, i 3 J 

 feet at five feet from the ground, and about the same 

 height and equally healthy. 



Mr. William Blackadder, surveyor. Glands, Forfar- 

 shire, in 183 I, says : " A few years ago, having been 

 requested to measure one of the large larch trees at 

 Dunkeld, the following amongst other observations 

 were taken : — An observation was taken for the dia- 

 meter at the mark level of the eye (being five feet above 

 the ground) for the satisfaction of the party who was 

 present, which was found to be 3° 40', and made the 

 circumference 1 2 feet 3 inches. It was tried by the 

 tape line, and found to be 12J feet. At 18 inches 

 above the ground the tree measured 16 feet round, 

 but this was occasioned by inequalities, and the angle 

 of 4° 30' for the measurement at the base was taken 

 a little above that point. As there was some measur- 

 able timber above the point assumed for the observa- 

 tion, although of a coarse description, this celebrated 

 tree in round numbers may then have been said to 

 contain 400 cubical feet by customary measurement. 

 In spring 1 8 3 i , when this measurement was made, 

 the tree was ninety-five years old, having been planted 



