9& MANAGEMENT OF WOODLANDS. 



management is fo exadtly limilar to that of 

 Coppice wood, that it does not require a 

 feparate detail. The brufli wood is cleared 

 away, in early fpring, and the Oak peeled 

 Handing, in the barking feafon. 



IV. The MARKET FOR BARK, 



after the tanneries of the country are fup- 

 piied, is Ireland ; to which it has, for fome 

 years laft pad at leaf!:, been iliipped in 

 great quantities. This appears to be a prin- 

 cipal caufe of the exorbitant price, which 

 this ufeful article of manufacture has rifea 

 to of late years ; and which bids fair to 

 reduce to a ilate little fhort of annihilation, 

 the Oak timber of this illand, fit for Ship 

 building. 



Remark. 



The process of tanning is pecu- 

 liarly entitled, at this time, to the attention 

 of the Chemist. The bark of the Oak, 

 it is' probable, acts principally as an aflrin- 

 o-ent, on the texture of the hide; and 

 might, perhaps, be equalled, or excelled, 



bv 



