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by the wheels and frames of carts, coaches, 

 &c. In this case, although we may venture 

 to prescribe a remedy, we certainly have 

 also to lament its being necessary ; inasmuch 

 as scars on the bark, or blemishes in the 

 wood, unavoidably follow, though the tree 

 may, in most cases, resume its wonted vi* 

 gour. 



We have certainly also to lament the ne- 

 cessity of applying a cure to bruises and 

 fractures, not unfrequently occasioned by 

 the violence of prevailing winds, in tearing 

 off the boughs of some, and throwing other 

 trees down in such a manner as to bruise or 

 maim those left standing. This misfortune 

 we cannot prevent ; nor at all times, that of 

 maiming trees, in thinning of grown woods 

 which have been neglected, and where they 

 stand close together. 



It therefore becomes our duty, first, so 

 soon as a fracture, from whatever cause, oc- 

 curs, to cut in to the quick or sound wood, 

 to smooth both it and the edges of the bark, 

 and, when sufficiently dried, to lay the 

 wound over with thin tar, as formerly di- 



