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altogether stopped in its growth, rendered utterly 

 worthless for application to the chief end and pur- 

 pose for which it is adapted and intended. I need 

 not say, that I mean the huilding of ships. 



Upon this subject there ought not to be two 

 opinions : neither will there, among those who 

 really understand it ; hut it is much to he lamented, 

 that a very large portion of the Hedge-row Timber 

 of this country is in the hands of persons who 

 either do not understand the management of it, 

 or who are indifferent about it. It very frequently 

 happens, that there is no person but the Land 

 Steward, who can make any pretensions to a cor- 

 rect judgment in the matter, and he has often 

 quite enough to attend to, without so responsible a 

 duty as this is being added to his department. 

 He therefore, very naturally, attends to those 

 duties which are indispensable ; and as for the 

 Timber, &c. &c. he only thinks about it seriously, 

 when he wishes to ascertain how much of it he 

 can turn to profit. 



Every considerable estate ought to have a per- 

 son upon it, whose attention shall exclusively be 

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