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I observed that where she had succeeded^ 

 there was a fresh, healthy bark below, and 

 the tree or branch healthy : but where she 

 had failed, the outer bark stuck into the 

 inner like a dry hardened scab in the ani- 

 mal body, till by its pressure i^ htid stopt 

 the circulation, destroyed the inmost bark, 

 and materially injured the health of the 

 tree or branch ; and where it went all round, 

 killed it entirely. I had frequently observ- 

 ed a very small portion of the inmost bark, 

 alone, preserve a tree or large branch alive 

 and healthy. I observed that the trans 

 verse bark was always, sooner or later, de- 

 stroyed by nature, and never again replaced, 



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I had that universal law of nature, that 

 man is to live by industry, " By the sweat 

 of thy brow shalt thou earn thy food," and 

 I did not conceive that we were to have 



