i6. NORFOLK. 



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The ehn of Norfolk is of little value; for 

 before it acquires a fize to be ufefuL it beoins to 

 decay at the heart; — perhaps, owing to the 

 lightnefs of the foil. 



The ajh on the drier lighter foils appears 

 fluntcd and fliort j but in, and near, the meadows 

 and fvvamps, it is of a firm growth, and a good 

 quality. 



The heechis very rare in this DlftricL: never- 

 thclcfs, I have fcen it, upon a fubftratum of 

 marl, of a beautiful growth, and confidcrabie 

 fjze. 



The method of taking down timber, in 

 Norfolk, is uniform, and, perhaps, peculiar 

 to the country. It is called, very aptl)', grub- 

 felling ; the operation partaking both of grub- 

 bing and of felling with the axe, in the com- 

 mon way, above-ground; a method which is 

 wafteful of timber. The Norfolk Woodman, 

 therefore, fells below the furface of the 

 ground ; by cutting off the horizontal roots 

 clofe to the item ; which, inftead of fliorten- 

 ing, he, in tffed:, lengthens, by adding to it 

 a conical point, cut out of the crown of the 

 root : fo that by this way of proceeding, a 

 greater length of tiiuber is obtained, than by, 



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