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of it has been twenty years in use, if 

 planed over again, it will again shrink: 

 but not so with Larch : for, if well dried 

 at first, it never shrinks at all. 



I had a Desk and Boolxase made of it 

 five years ago, every joint of which is 

 now as good as when put together, 

 thouo'h the room where it stands is ra- 

 ther damp, except when a good lire is 

 kept, near to which it stands, Avhich 

 must be allovved to be a very trying 

 circumstance. The workmanship was 

 very good in the first place, and there- 

 fore left no room for deception on that 

 head, 



A piece o^ Larch Wood, split from the 

 root end of a slab, was w^eighcd at dif- 

 ferent periods. The tree having been cut 

 down in August preceding, and sawn up 

 a few days previous to the first weighing, 

 gave the following results. 



