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or less, there would be a sufficient quantity of timber for all the 

 various purposes required in buildings and at the farms. 



The object of plantations is indeed so important in every point 

 of view, the certainty of success on this island, so clearly esta- 

 blished on the basis of facts, and the advantageous consequences 

 that would be felt by the Lords Proprietors, as well as individuals, 

 so very great that it deserves the most serious attention, and in 

 my opinion, ought to call forth every possible exertion, both 

 public and private (for some years to come) in order to restore 

 wood to this long neglected and denuded spot. 



