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ON PEUNING. 



In illustration of this part of my subject I 

 copy the following observations from a small 

 work, published in 1833, and now out of 

 print : — 



" If we examine and consider attentively 

 the nature of a tree, it will be delightful to 

 observe its power of adapting itself to its situ- 

 ation, and its strength to resist the winds, — 

 its endeavours to repair any injury it may 

 have sustained, and to fill up equally with its 

 branches every airy and light space within 

 its reach ; and the beautiful proportion of its 

 sprays, branches, limbs, and stem. The cut- 

 ting away of the underboughs of trees is of 



