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But mofl of the woods which at prefint re- 

 main on this fide of the Vale have been raifed 

 from STOOLS of timber-trees formerly taken 

 down. 



This method of railing woods is called 

 '« fpringing" them -, or, with greater pro- 

 priety, RE-SPRINGING them*, a praftice which 

 has long been prevalent in this country, 

 where coppice-wood is of lefs value than in 

 is in moil others, — fuel, hedging- materials, 

 and a few firkin-hoops being the only faleable 

 articles. 



When a wood is intended to be resprung, 

 the timber is felled a few inches above 

 ground, leaving the bark of the ftools as 

 entire as poflible. 



Before the young fhoots make their ap- 

 pearance, the GROUND is or ought to be 

 finally cleared from the fallen timber and 

 topwood, and the fences made up. If the 

 timber or topwood be fuffered to remain 

 among the flools until after they have made 

 their firft fiioot, much mifchicf will be done 

 in getting them off afterward. And if the 

 young faplings be fubjedled to the bite of 

 ftock, efpecially in their infant ftate, the 

 lofs v>^i]l not readily be retrieved. 



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