'*- y^ A Difcojirfe of Foreft-Trecs. 



Copfes above tK\sg,rowth fell' dy to leave 12 great 04j^f^ or in 

 defei^t of them other Tmber-trces (as above) and fo to be left 

 for 20 years longer, and to be enclofed feven years. 



4. In fumme, you are to fpare as many likely Trees for Tiaiitr 

 as with difcretion you can. And as to the felling, (begintiing at 

 one fide,that the Carts may enter without detriment to what you 

 leave ftanding) the Under-wood may be cut from January at tiie 

 lateft, till mid- ntarch^ov^prill ov (torn mid-September, tillne« 

 the end of November i fo as all be avoided by Midfomer at dtc 

 lateft, and then /e«ce<5^ (Where the Rorces and Briip lye longer 

 unbound or made up, you endanger the lofs of a fecond Spru^y 

 and not to ftay fo long as ufually they are a clearing, that the 

 Tomg, and the Seedlings may fuffer the leaft interruption, 



5. It is advis'd not to cut off the Brewfe-voood of Oakj in p//?', 

 but to fuffer it to fall off, as where Trees ftand Very clofe it M&f 

 ally does: I do not well comprehend why yet it (hould be /pared 

 fo long. 



6. When youefpy a clujier of Plants growing as it were all in 

 a bunch, it fhall fuftice that you preferve the faireft Sapling, oat- 

 ting all the reft away. And if it chance to be a Chef -nut, Service^ 

 or like profitable Tree, cleer it from the droppings and incunt- 

 brances of other Trees, that it may thrive the better : Then as 

 you pafs along, prune, and trim up all the young If avers, cover- 

 ing fuch Roots as lye bare and expos'd with frefti mould. 



7. Cut not above half a foot from the Ground, and that flope- 

 wiie^ jirippiug up fuch as you j^are from their extravagant 

 Branches, Water-boughs, &c. that hinder the growth of others : 

 Always remembring (before you fo much as enter upon this 

 work) to preferve fufliicient Plafh-pole about the verge and bounds 

 of the Copfe for Fence, and fecurity of what you leave; and £cx 

 this (bmething Icfe then a Rod may fuffice : Then raking ymir 

 Wood deer of sprawl. Chips, and zW Incumbrances, Ihut it up from 

 the Cattle ; the longer the better. 



8. By the Statute men were bound to enclofe Copfes after Fr/- 

 /;i/^, of or under 14 years growth for 4 years; Thofe above 14. 

 years growth to be 16 years Enclosed : And for Woods in common^ 

 a fourth part to be fhut up; and at Felling the like proportion 

 of great Trees to* be left, and 7 years Enclos'd : This was enlarged 

 by 13 Eliz,. 



Your elder "Under-woods may be graz'd about jf«/y. 

 Then for the Meajnre of Fuel thefe proportions were to be 

 obferv'd. 



9. Statutable Bil/et (hould hold three foot in length, and fivem 

 inch'andhalf ftf**/?*/}; 10 or 14 as they are counted for i, 2, or 

 3, &c. 



KJiack^oi Wood (which is the boughs and offal.oi the Trees to 

 be converteAto charcoal) h/s^ yards long, three foot and half \\i^^ 

 (in fome places but a yard) and as much over : In other places 

 the Cord is 4 foot in height and 4 foot over ; or, ("to fpeak more 

 Geometrically) a Sold made up of three dimenfwns, 4 foot high, 



four 



