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The MODE OF DISPOSAL IS to fcU it In the 

 grofs, Jlandifig ; by auriion, or by private cen- 

 tral. The former, however, ii for the feller 

 the moft eligible mode of fale. 



The buyers of timber arc generally men of 

 bufincfs ; profeffionally verfed in the value 

 of wood ; and able to make their own valu- 

 ation with fufficient accuracy, while the feller 

 is obliged to rely on the abilities and the inte- 

 grity of a third perfon ; who, being unin- 

 terefted in the fale, wants the grand flimulqs 

 to rigid accuracy. 



But, in a sale by AucTioN,'with afufficient 

 number of bidders, the feller's valuation is of 

 little confequence : the bargain, in this cafe, 

 is transferred to the bidders : tke conteji is 

 not between feller and buyer, but between 

 bidder and bidder ; both (or all) of which 

 being judges of the lot under fale, the feller 

 has more than a fair chance of felling it for its 

 full value. 



The METHOD OF VALUING gtown timber 

 is to eftimate every tree : not, however, by 

 an exadl admeafurcment of each : but by 

 taking the dimcnfions of a few with fufficient 

 accuracy. The valuer, having by this means 



Vol. I. I^ adjufted 



