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SO universally, as in the New- Forest, in 

 Hampshire; the timber of which has 

 long been a subject of national boast. 

 The quantity of trees is indeed very great, 

 and the quality of the timber good, so 

 far as it deserves the name; for fire wood 

 is not Timber. Here, we may truly say, 

 nature planted, the cattle pruned, and the 

 soil gave an abundant increase, while 

 MAN did — NOTHING. — And what is the 

 consequence ? Exactly what might have 

 been expected : — We do not find one tree 

 in a hundred, with a stem two feet higher 

 than an ox can reach. So that, instead 

 of their being twice as long as the head, 

 the latter is generally three to five times 

 as long as the stem. The character of 

 the place naturally creates high expec- 

 tations ; with such I visited it, and am 

 sorry to say, was completely disappoint- 

 ed. To a nation situated like this, a large 

 forest of fine timber would be a proper 

 object of national pride. As the case 

 standS; it is not said, that the New Forest 



