2 O PRAISING WOOD 



his patriotic defign, is the intention of 

 this firft chapter. I (hall fuppofe the 

 tract of country, now in view, to confift of 

 rocky, hilly, and heath land, with little 

 or no foil. Such unpromifing ground 

 may be covered with wood in the follow- 



ing manner. 



THE labourers mould be provided with 

 light ax-hoes, broad at one end and nar- 

 row at the other. With the broad end 

 pare off the grals or heath as thin as poffi- 

 ble ; then with the narrow end ftir the 

 ground to four or five inches, if you can; 

 picking out fuch fmall (tones as are loo- 

 feried by the hack in ftirring the ground, 

 always avoiding large ilones ; but where 

 thefe, or pieces of rock intervene, at three 

 feet diiUmce from the rock make as many 

 places round as you can, for no ground 

 mould be loft; and although the trees 

 are near on one fide, they will have fuf T 

 ficient air to grow to maturity. 



TH i s work fhould be done in fummer, 



that 



