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there being fome, but very few, left upon it; nr. 



and thofe coarfe and ftunted. The alhes do re- PLANTING. 

 markably well on the moory parts. In one parti- 

 cular place ; not the wetteft ; there is a parcel 

 of perhaps the moft beautiful plants that ever 

 grew their fkin as fmooth and clean as that of 

 the beech ; and, though not more than 

 twenty-one inches in circumference, they are 

 not lefs than forty feet in height ; and as 

 ftraight as gun-barrels. The oaks, beeches, 

 and a few hornbeams, thrive wherever they 

 have been planted, and can get their heads out. 

 They do not, however, feem to have been 

 planted on the very wet parts. 



The larger! of the firs meafure in circum- 

 ference, at five feet high, - 39 inches. 



Larches, - 36 



Chefnuts, r - 28 



Beeches, 32 



Alders, - 32 



Aflies, 21 



Oaks, 28 



Hornbeams, - 



The greateft collective height of the planta- 

 tion is about forty feet. 



This plantation furnilhes a ftriking inftance 

 of the mifchiefs enfuing from the want of a 

 proper attention to infant-groves. 



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