68 DIBBLING. 



greater part of it would be in hand after the 

 shooting season had ended, and the work of 

 trapping vermin and destroying birds of prey 

 requires the surveillance of the men on the 

 moor-edge or woodland districts. 



Of course the maturity of *Buch timber or 

 coppice-wood will not be so early as in a 

 more expensive mode of planting, but it will 

 be sure in the end ; and it is practicable in 

 situations where the expense of delving the 

 ground, or making holes, and the price of the 

 plants would deter the owner from planting, 

 and is applicable to many situations of steep, 

 rough, or dingle, which have never produced 

 any rent or benefit whatever to him. 



Porty oaks at thirty-three feet apart would 

 be suificient for an acre, to be left to grow 

 for timber ; at three feet apart, about 4840 

 coppice-wood plants would be required; at 

 four feet apart, 4083 ; at six feet apart, 2722 ; 

 so that the quantity of acorns, chestnuts, 



