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nest manner, TURNING TO ADVANTAGE 

 EVERY TIMBER TREE, particularly those 

 which are adapted to Naval Architecture, 

 with unremitting attention. How much 

 have we to lament, and how great a loss to 

 the nation has been, and may still be, the 

 unpardonable neglect of much valuable tim- 

 ber; unless the proprietors and managers, 

 without delay* shall set about, and endeavour 

 to reclaim it, so as to answer some useful 

 purpose, more effectually ! 



I have farther to take notice, in this ge- 

 neral view, of the value of some component 

 parts of timber trees not yet mentioned, 

 namely, the barks of Oak and Birch, and 

 the juice of resinous plants, as the Larch 

 and Fir. 



The value of bark in tanning is well un- 

 derstood all over the kingdom ; and the pro- 

 fits are so great in some places, arising from 

 copses of Oak and Birch, as almost to pre- 

 clude the idea of cultivating timber of mag- 

 nitude. This might be just, and even laud- 

 able, in some districts, namely, such as 

 situated inland, at a distance from rivers, 



