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other parts of New. Jerfey, to the tov of 

 New Tork, from whence they arc Nftri- 

 buted throughout the province. A quantity 

 of white cedar wonii<- Hkewiie exerted 

 every year to the fVc/l- Indies, for mingles, 

 pipe fiaves, &?c. Thus the inhabitants are 

 very bufy here, not only to leflen the num- 

 ber of thefe trees, but even to extirpate 

 them entirely. They are here (and in 

 many other places) in regard to wood, bent 

 only upon their own prefent advantage, 

 utterly regardlefs of pofterity. By this 

 means many cedar fwamps are already quite 

 deftitute of cedars, having only young 

 fhoots left ; and I plainly obferved, by 

 counting the circles round the ftem, .that 

 they do not grow up very quickly, but re- 

 quire a great deal of time before they can 

 be cut for timber. It is well known that a 

 tree gets only one circle every year ; a ftem, 

 eighteen inches in diameter, had one hun- 

 dred and eight circles round the thicker 

 end ; another, feventeen inches in diameter, 

 had a hundred and fixteen ; and another, 

 two feet in diameter, had one hundred and 

 forty-two circles upon it. Thus near 

 eighty years growth is required, before a 

 white cedar railed from feed can be iifed for 

 timber. Among the advantages which the 

 white cedar fhingles have over others, the 

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