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be anfwerable but yourfelves. I was an eye-witnefs in vari- 

 ous parts of the kingdom, of woods cut down and not copfed. 

 The honefteft poor upon earth, if in the fame fituation as the 

 Iriih, would be dealers of wood, for they muft either fteal or 

 go without what is an abfolute necefiary of life. Inftead of 

 being the deftroyers of trees, I am confident they may be made 

 preservers of them ; recolleft Sir William Ofborne's mountai- 

 neers, to whom he gave a few Lombardy poplars, they che- 

 riflied them with as much care as his own gardener could 

 have done. At Mitchelftown, I had opportunities of making 

 obfervations which convinced me of the fame thing ; I faw in 

 every refpeft, indeed all over Ireland, the greateft readinefs to 

 do whatever would recommend them to their landlord's 

 favour. I had three plans relative to wood, which I have 

 reafon to believe would anfwer in any part of the kingdom : 

 Firft, To give premiums to the cottars who planted and 

 preferred trees, and not to let it depend on the premium alone, 

 but to keep a lift of thofe who appeared as candidates, and 

 upon every other occafion to let them be objects of favour. 

 Second, To force all the tenantry to plant under the following 

 claufe in their leafes : 



" And alfo, that the f aid A. B. his heirs and njfigm , /hall and 

 ivill, every year, dur ing the continuance of this demife, well and 

 truly plant^ and thoroughly fecure until the end of the [aid term* 

 from all injury or damage'by cattle, or otfjer*wife, one timber tree 

 for every acres that are contained in the herein demifed 



premifes, provided that fuch trees fuall he fuelled gratis, on de- 

 mand, by the faid C. D. his heirs and affigns ; and in cafe any 

 trees flail dte or fail, that in fuch cafe the faid A. B. Jball and 

 luill plant in the year next after fuch death or failure, an equal 

 number of timber trees in the faid demised premifes, in the placa 

 or Jlead of fuch tree or trees jo dying or failing as afore faid and 

 in cafe, at the expiration of the faid deniife, the proper number of 

 trees, of a due age, according to the meaning and intent of ihefe 

 premifes, be not f eft growing and Jlanding upon the faid demifed 

 premifes, or fome part thereof, that then the faid A. B. his heirs or 

 ajjlgns, Jljall forfeit and pay unto the faid C. D. his heirs and 

 ajjigns, the fum of fae fallings for every tree fo deficient by death t 

 failure, injury, or negligence." 



The proportion of acres per tree to be according to circum- 

 ftances. It fliould always be remembered, that the claufes of 

 a leafe rarely execute themfelves ; it is the landlord or his 

 agent's attention that muft make them efficient. A tenamrj 

 every where is very much dependent, unlefs leafes for lives 

 are given, but I iuppofe them for twenty-one years. In 

 Ireland their poverty makes this dependence ftill greater. 

 They afk time for the payment of their rent ; rhey run in ar- 

 rears ; they are threatened or driven ; if they pay \veil, .\-. 

 they have fome favour to afk, or expedl; in a word, they are 

 in fuch a fimation, that attention would fecure the molt entire 



compliance 



