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to which it is peculiarly acKiptcd, fcldom if 

 ever occurs in jjatitral woods : a degree of 

 evidence this that the oak and the ash are 

 natives^ lineally defcended from the ancient 

 forefts which probably heretofore occupied 

 thefe hills -, and that the beech is -not a native 

 of this part of the kingdom. The limcftonc 

 heights of Glouceflerlhire, Herefordlhire, 

 and South Wales, are hung on every fide with 

 BEECH, growing, to all appearances, in a 

 ilate of nature. 



The information wh;ch I have gained re^ 

 fpefting the woodlands of the Diftriift under 

 furvey, falls under the following heads ; 



1. Raifing. 4. Timber, 



2. Selling. 5. Bark. 



3. Felling, 6. Carriage. 



I. Raising. The pradlice of raifing woods 

 from ACORNS, a practice which formerly has 

 evidently prevailed in different parts of the 

 ifland, cannot eafily be traced in this. In 

 fome few inflances, however, art may have 

 been employed ; but the generality of the 

 old well- timbered woods which were ftandino- 

 within the prefent century, but which now 



arc 



