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who are interested in supporting it, will soon 

 find their efforts ineffectual. 



The oldest person to be met with in this 

 place was rather under seventy years of age, 

 he was native of the park," and, during his 

 recollection, the oak trees had stood at least 

 two thirds thicker than at this period ; some 

 felled trees on the south side of a rather steep 

 hill were less decayed than others, which, 

 when standing, were exposed to the north 

 west; although the former were older, they 

 were not so tall by twenty feet, therefore 

 these trees suffered from being more exposed, 

 in proportion to their greater length of stem. 

 Indeed, there is no doubt that all the 

 original trees to the north west of this wood 

 have been cleared away, and that the work 

 of thinning has been too rashly executed in 

 other parts ; consequently there can be no 

 wonder at the early decay which is manifested. 

 Many persons having the management of 

 timber do not appear to be aware that 

 shelter is as necessary for the preservation 



