88 



Date when weighed. 



1799- 1st October 

 19th October 

 25th October 

 13th November 

 pth December 

 30th December 



1800. 31st January 



The weighing has often been repeated 

 since, but no variation was found while 

 it was in the same place, namely, a dry 

 room over one where a good fire was 

 kept. — The piece is nearly all sap. — From 

 w^hich we gather this important informa- 

 tion ; the Larch may be perfectly season- 

 ed in three months, with a very mode- 

 rate heat, and probably much sooner, as 

 the next circumstance to be noted seems 

 to shew. — When wood can lose no more 

 vreight, we take it for granted it is per- 

 fectly seasoned, and as this is so soon at- 

 tained by the Larch, there can remain no 

 just apprehensions of its shrinking. 



