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tends to the summit, be more sheltered and 

 secure from the baneful effects of over pre- 

 vailing and tempestuous winds, than that on 

 the plain which extends to the margin of the 

 deep. 



It would now naturally occur, that to 

 plant, in the one case, on the face of the 

 bank, and considerably within the level of 

 its summit, to the intent that the trees might 

 have shelter from the current of wind till 

 they arrived at the height of twelve or fifteen 

 feet, and thereby screen any succeeding ones 

 which might be planted at, or beyond it, 

 would be agreeable to prudence; and, in the 

 other, to plant in belts or zones (as hinted in 

 Section I.), beginning at, or nearest to the 

 margin of the water, planting the first one 

 very thick, (perhaps at thirty inches apart) 

 and with plants not more than from twelve to 

 eighteen inches in height, being stout and well 

 rooted. 



Thus might many extensive ranges, which 

 at present lie a reproach to the nation, be 

 covered with useful timber, to the very verge 

 of that element, which serves to convey 

 from distant countries that which, at a fu- 



