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from under the trees, leaving only that 

 which inclofes the greateft part of the 

 roots ; care muft alfo be taken to cut the 

 longeft roots that are in the way, with a 

 knife, not with a dull fpade, for that will 

 rather break than cut them, and will fhake 

 off too much earth, efpecially from the 

 largeft kinds of trees, becaufe their roots 

 are ftrong, and require a greater ftroke 

 with the fpade to break or cut them; and 

 the larger trees are, the more earth ought 

 to be left about their roots, in order to re- 

 tain proper juices for the fuppoit of the 

 other parts : after they are thus opened 

 and cut round, a halid-barrow may be 

 thruft under them, on which they may be 

 carried to the place where they are to be 

 planted ; but before they are planted, let 

 all the large roots that are in fight be 

 carefully examined, and if any of them 

 are broken, let them be cut off with a 

 fliarp knife, in fuch a manner, that the 

 part Hoped may ftand downward like a 

 horfe's hoof; for if the flope be on the 

 upper fides of the roots, their woody parts 

 v/iU be apt to receive too much moifture, 

 and thereby become rotten, and greatly 

 F 3 re- 



