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Fourthly, Larch will not crack with 

 any degree of heat that can be called 

 tolerable, when in plank or boards, or 

 when the poles are split as rails. When 

 m bulk, 1 have not observed that the 

 case is different, provided the bark re- 

 mains upon it, but if that be taken oflf 

 while the article is green, it cracks con- 

 siderably, as will be noticed under the 

 seventh head. 



Fifthly, Larch is much more tough thaii 

 Foreign Deal. It splits with great diffi- 

 culty, and never in any length with the 

 grain. Foreign Deal being so exceedingly 

 apt to split, can seldom be used very thin ; 

 but the Larch, may be used as thin as 

 the sawyers can cut it, without any dan- 

 ger on that head. This circumstance 

 must greatly enhance its value, as, in nU' 

 merous cases, a board of it dressed to a 

 quarter of an inch, will answer as well, 

 frequently better, than a Deal one of twice 

 the thickness. In turned and carved work 



