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applied, and much superior for many 

 otheii. — The Reader will observe that, 

 whatever is asserted unequivocally, in the 

 course of this investigation, is the result 

 of experiment ; where I have not had that 

 advantage, the expression is qualified ac- 

 cordingly. 



Larch excels Foreign Fir in all the fol- 

 lowing respects : 



First, It is much clearer of knots, 

 provided a very small degree of attention 

 be paid, in the first twenty years of its 

 growth. Indeed, I know of no tree which 



seems so solicitous, are little better than a species 

 of Robbers, who are much oftener found " cater- 

 *' t/ig'^ for Self, than the common interest. — In 

 due time their delinquency will be made manifest ; 

 in which case, we are sure neither Dr. Smith, nor 

 any other patriotic Scotchman, will object to their 

 being dealt with in a manner congenial to the mild 

 spirit and practice of Caledonian Jurisprudence, — 

 namely, by Banishment. 



