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SECTION XXX. 



Further Observations on the Importance of planting Trees at St. Helena. 



1 HE iinportance of introducing, on this island, extensive plan- 

 tations of trees, for the purposes of timber and fuel, has been so 

 frequently brought to the notice of the landholders, through the 

 medium of the St. Helena Register, that it seemed scarcely requi- 

 site to add any thing more upon this subject ; particularly as a 

 spirit for planting has been evinced, which may lead to great 

 improvements, and prove highly beneficial to the present, as well 

 as future generations. 



Lately, however, I met with a paper upon Mr. Curwen's 

 plantations. It is indeed truly applicable to the circumstances 

 of this island ; and as it contains the result of experience, and the 

 opinions of a respectable individual who has very largely engaged 

 in the improvement of his estates by " making- plantations on 

 many indifferent mountain pasture lands," I am inclined to think 

 this communication will attract attention. 



The account of 3Ir. Curwen's plantations is peculiarly calculated 

 to confirm that laudable spirit which has been awakened, to 

 stimulate exertion, and to impress on the minds of those, who may 

 entertain doubts as to the advantages of converting some of their 

 hill lands into plantations, that " no speculation can hold out a 

 more flattering prospect." 



Bnt, the prospect here is far more promising than that inferred 

 by Mr. Curwen. Let any one examine, and duly consider the 

 deductions which have been given in the Register for July, 1811, 



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