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this kind of property for them, and their libe- 

 rality to those whom they thus employ, is a 

 presumptive proof they wish it to be arranged 

 in the best and most profitable manner. It is 

 therefore but justice to them to assume they 

 will gladly receive and countenance the advo- 

 cate of any system that has a good title to their 

 patronage. Such attacks come with a very ill 

 grace from Pontey, who, as a planter, enjoyed 

 a liberal share of the patronage of the highest 

 ranks ; the very parties whom he accuses of 

 ingratitude. This leads to a suspicion that 

 his claim to applause, as an author, is not 

 quite tenable. By visiting, however (as I 

 have done) the estates of some of his patrons, 

 and by measuring a few trees of various kinds 

 and stating the market price of each, it will 

 be easily demonstrated to what amount of 

 credit his published opinions are entitled. It 

 appears that his favorite trees were white 

 beech — the pine class and sessilifiora oak. 



If government and landowners do not re- 

 spond to the just claims of those who write oii 



