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trees in their present state, are little 

 more than an incumbrance on the 

 ground, as, by preventing a due 

 circulation of atmospheric fluid, they 

 render what would otherwise be 

 good pasturage, sour and unfit for 

 the food of cattle. 



I am by no means so sanguine as 

 to expect that the hints I have 

 thrown out will be sufficiently notic- 

 ed, or the antidote to the mischief 

 generally applied, being aware of 

 the length of time it will take to 

 work a reformation, or to overcome 

 the prejudices such disappointments 

 have led to. The extent of labour 

 necessary to apply any means for 

 improvement in the present day will 

 afford the argument " that it falls 

 to the convenience of few proprie- 



