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agement. — Having always made it my creed to 

 probe the wound to the bottom, though simply, yet 

 plainly — fearlessly, yet candidly and honestly, be- 

 fore applying the remedy. Without pointing out 

 the disease, it would be of no use to prescribe a 

 a cure ; in doing so, it of necessity has been my 

 painful duty to bring into notice, as I went along, 

 the mismanagement of these woods, trees, and plan- 

 tations. In doing so, I beg it to be understood, that 

 I have not the most distant view to personalities, 

 being perfectly ignorant as to who had the manage- 

 ment of them. Hoping that the few hints will 

 serve as a beacon, not to make shipwreck again of 

 such beautiful plantations and trees, upon the same 

 rock, suffice it to say, that the planter and rearer 

 of timber, in every part of Great Britain, does and 

 will reap immense and incalculable advantages 

 therefrom, when properly attended to; but particu- 

 larly in Ireland, which, for the far greater part, in 

 point of improvements in agriculture, is at least 

 one hundred years behind her sister kingdoms. 

 Throwing this consideration alone into the scale, 

 it should have its due weight with landed proprie- 

 tors in that country, as regarding the interest of 

 the nation, themselves, and their posterity. It is 

 plain to a demonstration, that when once Ireland 

 shall have arrived at that degree of perfection in 

 agricultural improvement, to which I am happy to 

 see, from the enterprising spirit to improve by 

 planting, of some of her noblemen, she is advanc- 

 ing, though slowly, there would not be in the 

 country a tenth part of the timber necessary 

 to supply the internal demand for agricultural 



