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I'fiiiir, lit' (' A.'«."< ui I IMi*4C 



Til r RE arc \\\ Arr. white, red, 



willow, che»nut, S[>ani^h, black-jack^ ajid 

 li\c oaks. I have heard the inlubii.i 

 ihey have thirteen ^ru of cuk, of which the 

 live oak and the white oak are the bc^t. — 

 but neither of them is nearly so durable 

 as tlie liigBA oak i ^ rly for bhii>- 



building. 



Almost every kiiul < i wood growa 

 quickly in America ; and, from that cause, 

 giMitlly straight : but, from tiic ijiiick 

 of its growth, tt is less durable Codar i^ 

 the only ak>w-^ ^. liinbcr they have^ 



and ) I ^rcat liurabUky ; very like 

 our yew in Knfiiafld. 



Tlicrc aic many »orts of hiccory : u is a 



