1782. NORFOLK. 341 



aclofe infpe&ion, I could not fee any fhade of 127, 

 difference ; although the crop was in this cafe MANURING 



GRASSLAND 



very moderate ; not a load an acre. 



128. 

 SEPTEMBER 7. (See M. 62.) Another exceed- woon- 



LANDS, 



tngly fine a(h, which Hood in the neighbourhood 

 of that before mentioned, and which had alfo 

 been difbarked, entirely round, by the deer, was 

 blown down by the high winds of laft fpring. 



The roots were entirely rotten, and the bot- 

 tom of the ftem appeared, as it lay with its 

 butt on, to be decayed; but the topwood and 

 the bark of the ftem had a healthy and found 

 appearance. 



Neverthelefs, on cutting it up, the ftem proves 

 rotten at the heart, for twelve or fifteen feet up ; 

 and is, at the bottom, a mere fhell. 



Therefore, notwithftanding the afh may ap- 

 pear healthy and flo.urifhing after it has been, 

 barked ; it is, neverthelefs, decaying in the moft 

 eflential part ; and ought not, in point of profit, 

 to be fuffercd to ftand *. 



* The rottennefs of this tree could not be owing to a 

 natural decay ; as it had every appearance of a healthy, 

 growing tree ; and ftood in a grove, which probably is 

 not more than fifty or fixty years old ; and whofe trees, in 

 general, are now in full vigour. 



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