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and is floated down the river Spey in deals, planks, logs and 

 spars. The medium prices of the best timber are as follows : — 



Spar wood, from 16-24 feet long, and from 5-8 inches 



square, at . . . .yd. to 8d. the solid foot. 

 Logs in the round, from 10-20 



feet long and 12-18 inches 



diameter, at . . , is. the solid foot. 



3-inch plank 12 feet long and 



10 inches broad, at . . 3s. the piece. 

 2-inch plank 12 feet long and 



10 inches broad, at . . 2s. ,, 

 i^-inch deals 12 feet long and 



8 inches broad, at . . is. „ 

 i;|-inch deals 10 feet long, at . lod. ,, 



"The wood is partly sold at Garmouth, to the people in the 

 adjacent country, but the greater part is carried coastwise by 

 shipping. There are several persons engaged in this trade at 

 Garmouth, but for some years past the greater part of it has 

 been carried on by an English Company. Two capital wood 

 merchants — Mr Dodworth of York, and Mr Osborne of Hull — 

 purchased about 8 years ago, from the Duke of Gordon, the 

 extensive forest of Glenmore in Strathspey about 50 miles from 

 the sea, and since that time they have carried on the trade with 

 great spirit. They employ a great many hands at the forest of 

 Glenmore, in felling the trees and manufacturing them into 

 plank deals, masts, etc., and in preparing the floats. The plank 

 deals and masts are sent down the Spey in rafts conducted by 

 men at the rate of 30s. the raft. The logs and spars are for the 

 most part floated down the river loose to the number perhaps of 

 20 thousand at a time, with men going along the side of the 

 river with long poles to push them on as they stick on the banks. 

 These men have is. 2d. a day besides whiskey, and there will 

 sometimes be from 50 to 80 of them employed at once in the 

 floating. At Garmouth, this company has built two saw-mills 

 for manufacturing the timber after it comes down. The one is 

 a wind-mill, and works from 36 to 40 saws. The other goes by 

 water, and works 30 to 36 saws. The wood belonging to this 

 company is sent, partly to Hull and to the King's yards at 

 Deptford and Woolwich, in their own shipping ; but the most 

 .considerable part is sent coastwise all along the North coast 



