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almost sufficient for the consumption of the peopl 



from the juices of these trees. Curled Map! 



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Sycamore, from two to fifteen feet diameter; and the 



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larger kind always hollow to ten or eighteen feet, and from 

 thence separating into two or three limbs or branches. 



Black Walnut, from two to six feet diameter. White 

 Walnut or Butternut, from two to four feet diameter. 



Cherry Tree, from two to five feet. 



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Black Ash, three feet diameter. White Ash, to five feet 

 diameter. Hoop Ash, of three, and three and a half feet 

 diameter. 



Chesnut, from one to six feet diameter. 



Black Hickory, with a small thin shell nut, and from one 

 foot to five and a half diameter. White Hickory produces 

 a small bitter nut, eaten only by the turkeys, and is from 

 one to four feet and a half diameter, and excellent rail 

 timber. Shell Bark Hickory produces a very fine long nut 



of one inch and three quarters, and is from one to five feet 

 diameter. ^ 



Sassafras, from bushes to trees of three feet and a half, 

 and in use for canoes. 



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Honey Locust or Jerusalem Thorn, from six inches to 

 three, feet, armed in the trunk and limbs with sharjD thornsj 

 and producing a sweetening very proper for beer, as it causes 

 immediate fermentation. The Black Locust is a very du- 

 rable wood, and in use for pins and gate posts; grows from 



six inches to two feet and a half diameter. 



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