gigantic limbs, in proportion to fuch a trunk* 

 it muil have been an aftonifhing tree. 



The largeft tree that ever was known to be- 

 brought into Britain, formed the main maft 

 of the Royal Sovereign in queen Ann's time. 

 It was ninety feet long ; and thirty-five inches 

 in diameter*, 



Mr. Evelin, from whom we have this 

 account, mentions in the fame place, a flill 

 larger tree, which formed the keel of the 

 Crown, a French fhip of the laft century. 

 It was a hundred and twenty feet long, 

 which is the length of Tiberius's larch 5 

 tho it had not probably the circumference of 

 that tree. 



The mails of our fhips of war, at prefent, 

 are never made of fmgle trees. It is the 

 method to lay two or three trees together, 

 and fitting them clofe to each other, to bind 

 them tight at proper diftances with pitched 

 ropes, and collars of iron. But a very noble 

 fir was lately brought into England, which 



Sylva, p. 



X 



was 



