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so tall without lateral branches, that makes forest timber so 

 valuable, for wherever a branch grows, there is a knot in the 

 trunk. 



C. Will you describe the process of clearing land ? 



F. Our neighbour having just got his " crops" into the 

 ground, is clearing this for next year. He begins by cutting 

 with a heavy bush-hook, the shrubs and slender saplings, 

 which are then piled in large heaps : the axe follows, and cuts 

 down the young trees, the larger ones being left for the pre- 



MAPLE (Acer Saccharinum) IN THE FOREST. 

 * See figures of the Elm, pp. 14, 15. 



