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on very bad soils ; and, as to them^ it is 

 certain they never can be of considerable 

 value, without some such species of ma-, 

 nagement. 



The subject being now brought to the 

 close, the reader is apprized, that, as it 

 was not undertaken upon an}^ other con-, 

 sideration, than a full conviction of its 

 utility, the writer feels a considerable de- 

 gree of solicitude to impress the same 

 j^entiment on others. 



Conceiving that, in the British timber 

 owners, he is addressing a body of per- 

 sons, whose education and rank in life 

 place them above the suspicion of nar- 

 row prejudices ; to these he can appeal 

 with confidence : no argument is neces- 

 sary to shew that they have an interest at 

 stake, and, therefore, a duty to perform ; 

 — namely, to use such means as are al- 

 ways within their power, to determine 

 this very plain question. Is their timber 



