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It would be difficult perhaps to prcfcribe 

 rules for the felling of hedges, by their 

 ages ; or the intervals of time between the 

 fellings. Perhaps no hedge ought to ftand 

 more than fifty years from the firft raifing, 

 nor more than thirty years between the 

 fdlhigs. 



But, b);- their sizes, and the ilate of their 

 growth, fome general rules may with pro- 

 priety be mentioned. No Jlem (howfoever 

 healthful, nor how fizeable foever to the 

 neighbouring (lems) of more than a foot in 

 circumference ought to be fufFered to remain 

 ilandino-. 



If there be a great difparity, as there gene- 

 rally is, in the^z^ ofthejleras, either the en- 

 tire hedge ought to be felled before any of 

 them acquire the limited fize •, or, in head- 

 ing them, the larger ought to ho. fhortemd 

 proportionahly to their refpe^ive fixes ^ in order 

 to IclTcn their deftruftive tendency, and to 

 give the weaker an opportunity of gaining 

 at Icait a temporary afcendency *. 



* An expedient of this kind I have feen executed 

 With a tolerable appearance of fuccefs. 



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