by Thomas Aquinas the oak at Bruges, 

 which Francis the firft immured the lime- 

 tree in Sweden, which gave name to the family 

 of the celebrated Linnaeus trees which captain 

 Cook found in the Weftern parts of California, 

 meafuring fixty feet in circumference, and 

 rifmg to the height of one hundred and fifty 

 feet without a fmgle knot folid trees, which 

 have been fcooped into canoes, capable of 

 holding thirty or forty men ; particularly one, 

 on record, at Congo, which held two hun- 

 dred. I might add alfo Arthur's table, in the 

 county-hall of Winchefter, which has been 

 cut out of a tree of immenfe girth. The 

 Cheltenham-oak alfo might be introduced, 

 which as near it's roots as you can walk, 

 .exceeds twenty paces round the Cawthorpe- 

 oak likewife, which at the ground exceeded 

 twenty-fix yards the Bently-oak in Holt- 

 foreft, which at feven feet from the ground, 

 was thirty-four feet in circumference the 

 Swilcar-oak in Needwood-foreft, which, I be- 

 lieve was equal to any of them *. With an 



* Many of thefe trees are mentioned by Mr. Evelin, and the 

 reft are collected from the topographical remarks of travellers, and 

 hiftorians. . 



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