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sequence of them all, mean time he 

 seems very shy in giving his own. Ulti- 

 matel}^ it comes out, that,^" as a most 

 *' efficacious remedy to prevent the evils 

 " that I have described, with all their de- 

 " structive consequences, and to restore 

 " sound timber, where the symptoms of 

 ** decay are already apparent, I confi- 

 " dentiy recommend the use of my Com- 

 *' position," &c. &c. — being part of a 

 string of bold assertions, unsupported by 

 any thing like the shadow of proof, but 

 all tending to make his book appear ne- 

 cessary to thousands, at the same time ta- 

 citly denying the existence of what any 

 one may see who will look, namely, the 

 astonishing and successful exertions of 

 simple nature, in healing the wounds of 

 trees. On such a conduct we may ob- 

 serve, (for we cannot do less,) that if the 

 writer really knew no better, his meddling 

 with the subject 'vras highly presumptu- 

 ous; but if the reverse, completely unjus- 

 tifiable. 



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