INTRODUCTION 



TO THE 



PLANTATIONS IN IRELAND, 



SURVEYED IN 1826'. 



I use great plainness of speech. 



I hate the sophistry of words, 



Which only cause contentious spite, 

 By experience lead to what affords, 



With demonstration, sure profit. 



The following remarks and methods of improve- 

 ment on Woods and Plantations on sundry estates, 

 are principally intended for the perusal and assis- 

 tance of the planter and forester, so that an attempt 

 at fine language, or a strict adherence to the nice- 

 ties of grammar, are neither necessary nor attended 

 to. My whole intention is, to state the improve- 

 ments that could and that should be made, with 

 great advantage to the properties, both as to profit 

 and ornament, with the best and most advantageous 

 method of executing them, so as to be easily under- 

 stood by those who may have the operative man- 



