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parts of the earth, but even contiguous countries 

 exhibit varieties in the same species of animals. 

 The Enghsh and Scotch horse are very different 

 creatures ; and, as chmates and soils are still 

 more connected with trees than with animals, we 

 may observe a greater difference produced within 

 a smaller distance. The Oak of one country 

 diflTers in form from the Oak of another. In one, 

 it carries an erect stem for many yards from the 

 ground; in another, its branches begin quickly to 

 divide and straggle. In the former situation, the 

 foliage may be thick and interwoven ; in the 

 latter, it may be thin and meagre. The observa- 

 tions therefore which we have made on the form 

 of trees cannot, in many minute circumstances, be 

 supposed to suit the individuals of every country. 

 They were chiefly made on the trees of New 

 Forest in Hampshire, the soil of which, in general, 

 is a hungry gravel or a cold clay. 



