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clpecially in the Weji-InMest where 

 there are feveral Trees of vaftly 

 different Appearances which have 

 that Appellation ,• it is this Sort of 

 Wood which is ufed for Peniils, 

 as alfb to wainfcot Rooms, and 

 make Stair-Cafes, it enduring lon- 

 ger found than moft other Sorts of 

 Timber i which, perhaps, may be 

 owing to fome extreme bitter 

 Tafte in the Reiin, with which 

 the Tree abounds j for it is very 

 remarkable, that the Worms do 

 not eat the Bottoms of the VelTels 



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built with this Wood, as they do 

 thofe built with Oakj fo that the 

 Veflels built with Cedar are much 

 preferable to thofe built with any 

 other Sort of Timber, for the Ufe 

 of the IVeJi-India Seas; but they 

 are not fit for Ships of War, the 

 Wood being fo brittle as to fplit vo 

 Pieces with a Cannon Ball 5 but 

 when well polifh'd and neatly fit- 

 ted up in Wainfcot, it appears ve- 

 ry handfome, and will be found a 

 valuable Timber in England. 



The END of the First Volume, 



