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felled on an estate, I believe, in Lancashire, 

 did me the favour to write the following ac- 

 count of them : — 



" I have made inquiries about the Scotch 

 " firs ; there were, so far as I can recollect, 

 " about twenty trees ; one tree was mea- 

 " sured in my presence ; it contained eighty 

 " feet of timber : on my observing what a 

 " magnificent tree it was, the carter said, he 

 " thought there was one a little lars^er. I 

 " should say, they were all nearly of the 

 " same size, certainly in height, but, perhaps, 

 " a little less timber in some. 



" They had complete umbrella tops. They 

 " stood in a row ; and as there was one stood 

 ** on the contrary side of the road, but lower, 

 " I should think there had formerly been an 

 *' avenue of them. This last-mentioned tree 

 *' was a poor stunted one ; perhaps not more 

 " than nine or ten feet of wood, — left because 

 " of little value. 



" They were cut up for boards, &c. for 

 " farm and other buildings ; and the wood 

 *' has proved to be of the soundest and best 

 " quality. It was so good, that a high price 

 " was offered for the wood by a timber mer- 

 " chant at Preston ; I forget the sum. 



