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one third ; Troy, one sixth ; Westmoreland, one third ; Winchester, two fifths to one 

 half. 



Sullivan County. Acworth, one third ; Charlestown, one third ; Claremont, one 

 eighth to one fifth ; Cornish, one sixth ; Goshen, one third ; Grantham, one half; Lang- 

 don, five per cent. ; Lempster, one third ; Sunapee, one sixth ; Unity, one eighth ; 

 Washington, one third. 



Grafton County. Ashland, nearly two thirds ; Benton, three fourths ; Bethlehem, 

 two thirds (not including the recent additions) ; Bridgewater, one fourth ; Bristol, one 

 third ; Campton, one half; Enfield, one third to one half; Hanover, one sixth ; Hebron, 

 one half; Holderness, one third; Lebanon, one eighth to one sixth; Lincoln, nine 

 tenths; Lisbon, one half; Littleton, one third; Lyman, one third, Monroe, one third; 

 Orange, one half; Piermont, one third; Plymouth, one third; Warren, one half; 

 Wentworth, one half. 



Cobs County. Columbia, two thirds ; Dalton, more than half; Jefferson, more than 

 half; Pittsburg, seven eighths; Randolph, seven eighths; Shelburne, nearly three 

 fourths ; Whitefield, one half. 



Size of Forest Trees. 



The woodmen are so ready to cut down the largest trees in the forest, 

 that it seems proper to preserve in permanent form a few facts that have 

 fallen under our notice respecting the size of the larger specimens, of 

 which there is an authentic record. 



David M'Clure and Elijah Parish, in their memoirs of President Eleazer 

 Wheelock, of Dartmouth college, state that it was common a hundred 

 years since to see pine trees in Hanover over 200 feet in length. One 

 of them measured a pine growing within the academic precincts, and 

 found it to be 270 feet long. Some of the present officers of the col- 

 lege thought these dimensions rather large; but the late President 

 Lord came across the ruins of an old pine in one of his rambles, and, 

 by pacing, proved the length of it to be 230 feet. 



Dr. Williams, of Vermont, states the height of the pine to be 247 

 feet. Zadock Thompson has seen them 170 feet long, and measuring 

 about 6 feet on the stump. He also says the larch attains the height 

 of 100 feet, with a diameter of about 2 feet. 



The following notices of large trees I have obtained from items in the 



Independent Statesman, during the past four years, and presume the 



figures are essentially correct. 



Granville Felton cut, on the farm of D. W. Trow in Amherst, a chestnut tree which 

 measured 7 feet in diameter at the butt. 



