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keys, and berries required, will be easily as- 

 certained, and there are about 1000 or 1100 

 chestnuts in a peck of English growth. 



The burning of the land in the previous 

 spring will prevent the suffocation of the in- 

 fant plants by weeds, when they burst their 

 shell and draw their first breath in daylight, 

 and the ashes into which they strike will 

 foster the puny root and its morsel fibres. 



