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tverij thing being different, hut the form of 

 the leaves. 



On the whole, little is hazarded in as- 

 serting, than an indifferent soil, properly 

 sheltered, is capable of producing more 

 oak timber than a good one, without this 

 advantage ; and if so, how can the wood- 

 man's system be defended? Most cer- 

 tainly, it starves the tress for nearly twentify 

 out of the first thirty years of their growth. 



In the third place, Ave are to notice the 

 defects which under this system the timber 

 is subjected to. Here, to prevent repeti- 

 tion, we must refer the reader to the cata- 

 logue of the common defects of timber, 

 exhibited at p. 48; — which are afterwards 

 explained in order. When these have been 

 carefully attended to, we may ask this 

 important question. Whether the whole, or 

 any part of them, is guarded against by the 

 system under consideration? 



