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pay for the labour. This accounts for the 

 fmallnefs of the twigs which are peeled in 

 this country : if the bark run freely, twigs 

 not much thicker than the linger are fre- 

 quently ftripped. 



The method of DRYING bark in this coun- 

 try is generally the common one of fctting it 

 in a leaning poUure againft poles lying hori- 

 zontally, on forked Hakes. But inawetfeafon, 

 or when the ground is naturally moid, it is 

 laid acrofs a line of topwood, formed into a 

 Iwind of banklet, raifmg the bark about a foot 

 from the ground. By this "pra^ice no part 

 of the bark is fuffered to touch the ground : 

 and it is, perhaps, upon the whole, the bcfl 

 pradice, in all feafons and fituations. 



4. Timber. For oak timber, the prin- 

 cipal markets have hitherto been the ports of 

 Whitby and Scarborough. But there is now 

 Very little fliip timber left. The feedling 

 woods are few and fmall •, and faplings in ge- 

 neral Handing thick upon the ground, perhaps 

 three or four from a ftool, rife too ftraighr, 

 arid are yet much too young, for the purpofes 

 of Hiip-building. It is a fadt, however, that 

 atprefent (1787) the fpivk of lliip-building 

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