WOODS AND COPSES. [Jan. 



are capable of yielding the double advantage of 

 fuel and tan. 



We have already glanced at the great utility of 

 adapting the kinds to the particular foils ; yet it 

 is agreeable to remark the beneficence of Nature 

 in having chofen to vary her productions fo much, 

 that we are fupplied with feveral forts of trees, 

 which will grow luxuriantly in the fame kinds of 

 foils, while their qualities are" materially different ; 

 and confequently, their value alfo. 



The right afforting of thefe different kinds of 

 trees to the refpe&ive foils, and their proper di- 

 rection to the propofed end, fhow true {kill in the 

 planter. The perfon who fets about planting a 

 mixed copfe, with an indifcrimmate variety of 

 trees, without being acquainted with their differ- 

 ent qualities, or their fimefs or unfitnefs for the 

 ultimate purpofes intended, labours as much in 

 the dark, as the fportfman who difcharged his 

 fowling-piece into a thicket of furze and ferns, ex- 

 pecting to kill the invifible game. 



Suppofmg then, that a mixed copfe be intend- 

 ed for fuel ; and that the foil admits that a confi- 

 derable variety of trees fhould be ufed ; the quef- 

 tions naturally occur. What kinds are likely to 

 make greatefl progrefs in the land propofed to be 

 planted ? Are thefe well adapted for fuel ? And 

 yvill their barks, when the trees fhall be fit for fuel, 

 contain the tanning principle in a proportion fuf- 

 fi;ient to render them valuable ? 



Althoug^ 



