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beech, chcfnut, and many others ; and 

 experience, the befl of all evidence, has 

 always proved it. The common me- 

 thod of planting has this great difadvan- 

 tage attending it — the planter has not 

 the heart to cut down valuable trees, 

 when the plantation wants thinning, 

 though they ftand too thick ; and if 

 he fpare them at fuch a crifis, he ipoils 

 the whole plantation ; but he would 

 feel no remorfe at cutting down a horfc- 

 chefnut, or a fycamore, to promote the 

 growth of a better tree. 



Round the borders of fuch plantations 

 it is highly proper to plant thorns, or 

 furze, the width of twenty or thirty 

 feet, to keep out all cattle, to interrupt 

 diforderly people from getting in, and 

 to furnifh ufeful fluff, of this kind, for 

 mending hedges, and other purpofes 

 which every farm ftands in need of. In 



the 



