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ftanding, and the purchafers cut it and carry rt a»^ 

 way at their own expence. A confiderable part of 

 it is made into hurdles for folding fheep on turnip ; 

 the remainder is applied to other purpofes, and ufcd 

 as firewood, there being no coals in the county, 

 but what are brought up the rivers Nen and Welland. 



A fall of oak timber * is generally made at the 

 proper feafon in that part, or f ale, in which the un- 

 derwood has been cut ; and this fall confifts of the 

 mod unthrifty and unimproving trees, but the quan- 

 tity and defcription of timber, muft depend of courfe 

 upon the ftate of the wood, as to the ftock of 

 timber. 



Jt is a general cuftom in the foreft-woods, to va- 

 lue and fell the trees ftanding. Diftind and fepa- 

 rate valuations are generally put upon the timber, 

 the top, and the bark refpedively. And it fome- 

 times happens, that thefe three articles are fold to 

 three different purchafers ; but it is more ufual to 

 fell the tree and the top together, referving the 

 bark, which is fold to one purchafer, previous to 

 the fall of timber being made. The conditions and 

 prices vary in different parts of the country ; they 

 run generally, however, at from 7 s. to 9s. in the 

 pound of the value of the tree. 



The Prices of Timber in this Diftrift are as follow; 



Oak, from is. 4d. to 2 s. 6 d. />(?r foot. 

 Afti, from lod. to i s. 6 d. /»f r ditto. 

 Elm, from gd. to is. ^A. per ditto. 



Poplar, from 6d. to iSr per ditto. 



Evety 



* There is a very fmall quantity of the oak timber taken out of the foreft woods con- 

 ftimed in the country. It principally confifts of timber of a large fize, and more fit 

 for the ufe of the navy than for country purpofes. It is therefore generally bought in large 

 bargains, by contraftors for the navy, who come into the county regularly every year, 

 during the feafon for felling the oak timber. But if no fpeedy and eifedhial means are 

 taken for the better management and prefervation of the foreft woods, in order to pro- 

 •cure a regular fucceffion of oak timber, the navy will, in a fliort time, be deprived of 

 this valuable refour.ce. 



