34 SITUATIONS FOR. 



the forefts of Glenmore, Glentannar, and Ran- 

 noch ; and to the practice of what is termed float- 

 ing, on the Dee, the Don, the Spey, and other 

 rivers. 



Certainly the mod favourable foliations for fb- 

 rell plantations, in regard to markets, are the 

 banks of navigable rivers, or of canals. But, al- 

 though a great extent of a river fhould not be na- 

 vigable, if it be of fuch magnitude as will readily 

 admit of the timber being floated down, without 

 receiving injury, it may be confidered an excel' 

 lent fituation for a foreft. 



The banks of many fuch rivers, are often bold, 

 fieep, and rugged, and confequently of little ufe 

 to the agricultural ; while, at the fame time, the 

 foil is frequently, and indeed generally, of a na- 

 ture highly fitted to produce the moll valuable 

 forts of foreft timber. 



If a navigable canal pafs through a barren, 

 hilly country, this circumftance puts the proprie- 

 tors of the diflricl: nearly on an equal footing with 

 proprietors in the laft flated cafe ; although it 

 mud be confeiTed, jthat fuch foils and fituations 

 are lefs favourable to the raifmg of timber. Yet, 

 by flri&ly obferving to plant thick, and with fmall, 

 well-rooted plants ; and by following fome other 

 rules, applicable to planting in fuch fituations, to 

 be found in the fequel, much valuable timber may 

 certainly be reared, even in a country character- 

 ized both as barren and hilly. 



Another 



