VI PREFACE. 



feel it, under a certain modification of circum- 

 stances, a most agreeable and congenial occupa- 

 tion of his time, to be employed in establishing 

 a better practice in the management of Woods, 

 Plantations, &c. he is not in a position fb be so 

 disinterested as altogether to lose sight of his own 

 interest in the matter. Further: while he feels 

 it to be an object of vast importance to the great 

 body of Landed Proprietors, and others, that a 

 new system should be J|dd down and acted upon, 

 the Author wishes not to disguise the fact, that 

 he seeks the honourable distinction of being per- 

 mitted to assist in correcting the evils, which he 

 thinks he may have been the first so strongly to 

 point out. 



The Author cannot but hope that he has 

 proved all that can be fairly considered as implied 

 in his Title ; and if he have done so, it may be 

 productive of much advantage to those who pos- 

 sess property in Woods, &c.: their attention being 



