368 A TREATISE OF 



tree > then to the tops of thefe piles, nail 

 two ftrong ledges, on each fide the tree 

 one 5 but before this is done, the tree 

 fliould be wrapt about with bandages, at 

 the places where the ledges would otherwife 

 touch it, made of hay or ftraw, to prevent 

 the ledges from galUng it, and to confine 

 and keep it fteady: there fhould alfo be 

 four other ledges nailed, two on each fide, 

 one about a foot from the ground, and the 

 other half way between that and the top, 

 and then draw in betwixt them either 

 thorns or gofs, fo as to prevent hares, or 

 iheepj or any thing elfe from injuring them, 

 by pealing off the rind > but if horfes, 

 beafts, or any large cattle, are fuffered to 

 pafture in the ground where young trees 

 are planted, then they muft be guarded in 

 the following manner, over and above what 

 has been already direfed^ till they are 

 grown fo ftrong as not to be bent or fhaken 

 ' by the force of cattle rubbing againft 

 them. 



Set down about every tree, three pofts^ 

 with three lengths of rails in a triangular 

 form, at fuch a difl:ance as will prevent 

 any cattle from reaching it. 



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