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portion to the fize of each bough, and the 

 bark taken off, by making a right lined flit 

 between the two circular cuts; which by 

 the preffure of the thumb will readily reave 

 off. The meafure of the lengths the feveral 

 boughs are to be debarked (altho' I never 

 confined my felf to a mathematical exadl- 

 nefs therein, being — Such as are about the 

 bignefs of a man's forefinger, or a little 

 fmaller, two inches and a half 5 that is, to 

 be as plain as I am able^ I take off the bark 

 two inches and a half long upon that end of 

 the bough next the tree, in manner afore- 

 faid. — Such again as are of the fize of the 

 ordinary handle of a whip \ the bark muft 

 be taken off fomething longer — And fuch 

 as are of the bignefs of a pitchfork fliaft, or 

 ftale, four inches at leaft in length : Beyond 

 which proportion of the bignefs of boughs, 

 I do not frequently attempt to deftroy any. 

 Which practice tho' I do not recommend, 

 yet neither do I deny, but it may be fafely 

 done, and where even the amputation of a 

 large ^xm of an Oak (fo it be at that time in 

 a growing ftate,) is neceflary for the conve- 

 nience of fome 1;//?^, or otherwifc, I hope 

 to be able to propofe expedients, whereby 

 there will very little damage, if any, accrue 

 E z there- 



