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mean only change of form and place ; ab- 

 solute destruction or annihilation is non- 

 sense. " Omnia mutantur, nihil intent" 



If trees, like animals, exhale any thing 

 bythe surface, noxious to themselves, as 

 they certainly inhale something salubrious 

 from the atmosphere, removing the rough, 

 corrugated, dry bark, may be as necessary 

 to their health, in these respects too, as 

 cleanliness is to that of animals. 



Quere, May not forest trees be peeled with 

 advantage ? especially the oak, whose bark is 

 so valuable in manufacture, and whose wood, 

 to the wealth and defence of the nation ? but 

 which last is lost, being cruelly cut down 

 for the sake of his bark before he is fit for 

 this service. I had no forest trees to prac- 

 tise upon, but I have as little doubt of the 



