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latter will remain quite sound ; consequently, 

 if a vessel thus constructed should get into 

 difficulties in rough weather, the unsound 

 timbers, by giving way, may occasion a 

 frightful loss, both of life and property. Is 

 the New Forest clear of these impostors to 

 true value ? The authorities there ought to 

 state to parliament and the public the answer 

 to this question. 



Sunderland is become the greatest ship 

 building port in the world, there being at 

 this time no less than ninety-eight large 

 vessels building on the Weir." — Cambridge 

 Chronicle, 7th April, 1838. 



It was said by a reverend gentleman, who 

 is well acquainted Avith the county of Durham, 

 and to whom I read the above, that it could 

 not be from the superabundance of oak 

 timber grown on the banks of the Weir, or 

 near it." It is therefore natural to inquire 

 whence the supply is obtained. A glance at 

 the map of Europe shows the proximity of 



