CHAP. III. 



HEDGE-ROW TIMBER 



IN commencing this, the third part of my 

 subject, I am fully impressed with a sense of its 

 magnitude and difficulty ; and nothing hut a tho-- 

 rough conviction resting on my own mind, of the 

 truth of the position which I have taken with 

 reference to the present state, and the present 

 management of Hedge-row Timber, would have 

 emboldened me to give expression to views which 

 cannot but be unpalatable to many, however just 

 they may be, and however strong their claim, to 

 the serious notice of others. I am fully prepared 

 to expect that censure may be dealt out by some, 

 in not very measured terms, but this does not 

 move me : having nothing but a plain, unvarnished 

 tale to tell, T shall tell that tale as fearlessly as if 



