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95. In this cafe, judicious thinnings would, 



PI^NT^ evidently, have been highly advantageous. 

 xiONg. Great numbers of plants have perifhed, and 



come entirely to wafte; and, of the two hun- 

 dred and eighty which I have now marked, 

 one hundred are dead, or nearly fo. 



This, however, is the fmalleft fhare of the 

 lofs j for thofe Hill remaining are drawn up 

 too tall and Gender ; and with tops too fmall 

 and infignificant, to make due progrefs to- 

 wards large timber-trees. 



In point of profit, the beft method now to 

 proceed by would be, to take down all, or the 

 greatefl part, of the Scotch firs ; trimming up 

 the few, which perhaps might be .left with 

 propriety ; and thinning very confiderably, but 

 by degrees^ the larches, and fuch of the other 

 fpecies as might require it. 



But, in point of ornament , this, for a few 

 years, might be injurious : however, in the end, 

 both ornament and utility would, beyond a 

 doubt, be increafed by it , and the immediate 

 acquifition of materials for repairs would be 

 yery confiderable. 



How many entire roofs of cottages, lean-to's, 

 and other out-buildings ; and what a fupply of 

 rails, common ladders, and rough fcantling 



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