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cause whatever be its properties, it sel- 

 dom lives long enough to grow to any to-r 

 lerable scantling ; and the Larch having 

 several valuable properties, peculiar to 

 itself, entitles it to be considered as a se-. 

 parate article. 



To give an opinion upon a subject of 

 such importance, without due considera- 

 tion, would argue a degree of rashness, 

 which no man who values his reputation 

 would be guilty of; under such impress 

 sion, every specimen, presented by acci- 

 dent, has been carefully examined, while 

 numerous others have been procured for 

 the same purpose ; the whole of which has 

 tended, more or less, to support the ge- 

 neral reasoning, and warrant the conclu- 

 sion as above, 



The opinions of workmen have like- 

 wise been attended to, and the result has 

 .been remarkably uniform : — all such as 

 had worked only upon young free-^grown 



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