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" ever, is moving on, and, I rejoice to say, it 

 " will soon leave them in merited obscurity. 

 " I can account for their adopting such an 

 " opinion in no other way than by supposing 

 " that they have never seen the magnificent 

 " Highland pines ; for it is almost impossible 

 *' that any person with his eyes open could 

 " pass over those districts in which they 

 " abound, without perceiving the difference 

 " in appearance ; and it is well known that 

 " the wood-merchant, and the meanest car- 

 '' penter on Scotia's mountain side, can alike 

 " point out the superiority of the timber of 

 " the Highland pine over that common 

 " worthless species which has been so long 

 " propagated, and with so little benefit to the 

 " country. 



" The members of the Highland Society 

 " of Scotland have been amono- the first to 

 " direct attention to this subject, and their 

 " exertions have been successful. Land- 

 *' holders are now eagerly inquiring after the 

 *' * new sort,' as they call it, and are deter- 

 " mined to banish the ' old' from their estates. 

 " They have long experienced the uselessness 

 " of the one, and are now convinced of the 

 *' excellence of the other. They have seen 



