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sed which presents the least difficulty to 

 Government, nor any thing objectionable 

 to individuals ; and yet it seems, at least, 

 highly probable that much good might 

 result from such an enquiry ; as, in Woods, 

 it is not only possible, but easy to demon- 

 strate the impropriety of their general 

 management; and, consequently, that 

 improvement is equally necessary to the 

 National and Individual Interest. 



It is admitted, that such means would 

 not produce immediate plenty or cheap- 

 ness ; for nothing short of coercion (ever 

 hateful) could do that ; but they would 

 very soon exhibit an ahttndant supply, in 

 succession ; which would not only be an 

 inducement for proprietors to take down 

 timber more liberally, but, in some de- 

 gree, be the means of keeping down the 

 price. With ahundance in prospect, it 

 could not advance so fast, as with nothing 

 but increasing scarcity in view. 



