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I therefore judged, that any wind which 

 blows from that fide where the roots of the 

 tree are weakeft and fhorteft, and where it 

 can make the leaft refinance, muft. root it 

 up and throw it down. In this manner 

 the old trees die away continually, and 

 are fucceeded by a young generation. 

 Thofe which are thrown down ly on the 

 ground and putrify, fooner or later, and 

 by that means encreafe the black foil, in- 

 to which the leaves are likewife finally 

 changed, which drop abundantly in au- 

 tumn, are blown about by the winds for 

 fome time, but are heaped up, and lie on 

 both fides of the trees, which are fallen 

 down. It requires feveral years! before a 

 tree is intirely reduced to diift. When 

 the winds tear up a tree with the roots, a 

 quantity of loofe foil commonly comes out 

 with and flicks to them for fome time, 

 but at laft it drops off, and forms a little 

 hillock, which is afterwards augmented by 

 the leaves, which commonly gather about 

 the roots. Thus feveral inequalities are 

 formed in the woods, fuch as little holes 

 and hills ; and by this means the upper 

 foil muft likewife be heaped up in fuch 

 places. 



Some trees are more inclined to putrify 

 than others. The tupeh-tree (Nyftjy the 



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