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all the loose bark is displaced, and the 

 surface of the wood made somewhat 

 even.* 



* At Longroid-Bridge, near this place, there is an 

 Oak, which some years ago lost its bark on the south 

 side, probably by lightning, seven feet six inches 

 in length, and eighteen inches broad, in the widest 

 part ; the wound is now reduced to six feet long, and 

 somewhat less than three inches, where broadest; the 

 whole diameter of the stem, at the middle of the 

 wound, is about four feet. — We are sure that nature 

 has proceeded thus far without the help of any com- 

 posiTioK ; if the advocates of such s'lif could shew 

 they have ever done one tenth part as much without 

 the help of nature; then they might have something to 

 boast of. 



If a public proof were required of nature's unremit- 

 ting efforts, in this sort of business, the New Walk at 

 York furnishes an excellent one. There the floods, 

 bearing down the ice, have made terrible havock, at 

 different times, in disbarking the Ehiis ; and yet the 

 wounds are all in a healing state, without the aid of 

 Plaisters. 



In quitting the business of wounds, we may men- 

 tion a circumstance, which furnishes a useful hint to 

 persons, who may experience the misfortune of having 



