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And thereby become of much the lefs clear 

 lengths and value — 



1 SHOULD likewife have faid more than I 

 propofe on the article of wood planting but 

 if I fail to defcribe the improveable nature 

 of the Oak, and the great import of it at 

 this time, fo as to make it highly engaging j 

 then all other arguments I could ufe, would 

 become ufelefs— 



But, having feen fufficient, even cogent 

 occafion for it in divers parts of England^ I 

 have affumed the Druidical liberty, tho' not 

 founded only upon the authorities of my 

 predeceflbrs, but from late reftified reafon ; 

 to urge fome diffuafive arguments againft the 

 fufferance of young woods, or groves raifed 

 from the acorn, or otherwife, growing too 

 long a time 5 before, the moft hopeful ftrip- 

 lings, as from more promifing excellence of 

 their ftamina vitae, have attained a fuperior 

 majefly to others; are feledled to enjoy wholly 

 by themfelveSy the vegetating influences of free 

 •air — fun — rain — dews — and the inward fuc- 

 culence of the genial earth, — I would be 

 underftood to mean at larger diftances from 

 each other. 



NOTWITH- 



