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dangerous than ever*; and if he were fully enlightened, he 

 would no longer remain in the situation. The mode suggested 

 above is plainly the most advantageous for both parties. But 

 where a proprietor does not care much for having his orna- 

 mental scenery in good taste, it is easy to reject these hints, 

 and go on in the beaten track. 



4. The Woods. — The duty of a forester, like that of the others, 

 consists in preserving order and beauty, furnishing timber or 

 copse, and providing a succession of young trees for falls of 

 timber, additional plantations, other uses, or decay or accident 

 in any part under his charge 



1. Young plantations must be properly formed, cultivated, 

 trained, and thinned, and the inclosure fence kept in repair. 

 Groves must be thinned as the trees advance ; woods, coppices, 

 willow beds, plantations for hop-poles, &c. must be properly 

 attended to, according to the peculiar culture of each. Hedge- 

 row timber, single trees, and even groups, must be pruned and 

 guarded from cattle as highly valuable trees ; for it is in these 

 situations that timber usually gains its greatest size. In 

 winter, all open drains must be kept clean, and all fences 



* A little learning is a dangerous thing, &c. 



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