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fore it is much to be regretted that he did not 

 give a more extended account of them. 



It is very questionable vrhether there are 

 any means of obtaining so great a remunera- 

 tion for capital without any risk, as by growing 

 oak timber. The landowners of the last cen- 

 tury, who annually planted a few acres, pro- 

 perly, with oak trees, might justly direct their 

 heirs to ''do likewise and live up to their 

 rentals," for they and their posterity will al- 

 ways have a sinking fund to resort to when 

 an event occurs to demand an extraordinary 

 expenditure. The imitation of so good an 

 example is to be accomplished by arrange- 

 ments which require but little, if any cash, to 

 be drawn from the pocket, or land to be taken 

 from the rental, as I shall shortly prove. 



From the extent of country that may be 

 examined before a healthy and full growing 

 oak tree can be found, of from thirty to one 

 hundred years old, the presumption is, that 

 many persons who now have the care and 



