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excepted, is intrinsically worth no more 

 than what it would fetch for hedoincj, the 

 ^re, charcoal, c^c. 



At P. 130—132, we have particulariy 

 noticed the wa}^ in which such method 

 operates, in these cases, and the result we 

 have as above. We cannot allow they are 

 otherwise of value ; because a tree worth 

 five shillings may be raised much sooner, 

 by displacing the whole, and paying at- 

 tention to the next produce of the same 

 stool. Under the present custom, how- 

 ever, the woodman has no choice, but to 

 adopt the best shoots ; or he will be no 

 nearer his point the next fall than the 

 present. 



On better soils, the case certainly is 

 somewhat different ; but, even there, the 

 value of produce, in proportion to what 

 it might be, is trifling indeed ; not only 

 on account of being very small wood, but 

 because the best of such is usually too 



