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cut, for fear the world lliould think 

 them needy. Other gentlemen let their 

 timber ftand, till it rots on the ground ; 

 thinking it highly reputable to have a 

 large quantity of old timber on their 

 eftates. Both thefe overlook their own 

 interefl:. The public, and private good 

 requires, that all timber (hould be taken 

 down as foon as it gets to perfedion ; 

 and a regular fucceffion kept up by 

 young plantations. The man who ads 

 upon this plan, ads rationally; and if 

 he be young, or even middle-aged; he 

 may live to cut down the greatefl part of 

 the old timber, which he finds upon his 

 eftate, put money in his pocket, and 

 leave his eftate better flocked with tim- 

 ber than he found it. And what is more 

 material, perhaps, with many a young 

 gentleman, he will avoid the difgrace of 

 cutting down, which is apt to imply 



want. 



