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duced from the natural Woods in the 

 North, as there are no such Woods in 

 the South : indeed, the term Scotch Fir, 

 seems to fix that as the place; and, there- 

 fore, the idea of a superior species can 

 have Uttle weight. As to the timber 

 being superior in quahty, we know of 

 no natural reason which can be assign- 

 ed to countenance the supposition, ex- 

 cept it be, that a tree, never removed 

 from where the seed was sown, produces 

 fewer roots than a transplanted one; and 

 when, as is supp' s' d in this case, one 

 of the principal strikes into a soil less 

 fertile than the surface, the tree must 



grow slower. The plain inference 



from which is, that the Wood must 

 be more dense, and of superior qua- 

 lity. 



But admitting that no such reason as 

 the foregoing existed, (for probably many 

 who look only at the surface of things, 

 may be inclined to dispute the point,) 



