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fir wood there is equal, if not fuperior in 

 quality to any that grows in Europe, being 

 moftly all of red wood ; and that there are a 

 great number of fir trees there, that are fit to 

 be mafts to the firft rate men of war in Bri- 

 tain; and that the company would gain a 

 profit of fifty thoufand pounds by the cutting 

 of thefe woods ; and that they had built fe- 

 vcral large veiTels wholly of fir, the greater 

 part made from the branches of thefe planta- 

 tions. 



This proves to a demonflration, that woods 

 growing naturally, are far fuperior ki quali- 

 ty to thofe that have been tranfplanted. 



Therefore, every gentleman that propofes 

 to raife large plantations of wood, ought firft 

 to inclofe his ground, and then to plow it, if 

 the ground would permit ; after that to fow 

 the different feeds of trees. And although the 

 wood fhould grow very thick, they ought 

 not to be thinned, but be allowed to thin. 

 themfelves, which makes the trees grow tall 

 and ftraight, and free of knots. If the ground 

 will not admit of being plowed, fowing the 

 feeds will anfwer the ends propofed. 



Plowing the muirs, and then fowing the 

 feeds of different kinds of trees, would be 



better 



