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proper an occafion here ofFers, and if It 

 would be thought agreeable to extend the 

 limits of this diflertation to any collateral ar- 

 ticle, that may for time to come, reduce 

 the number of many of the invalids menti- 

 oned, and greatly encreafe the ftock of the 

 healthful objedts of the agent's induftry 

 and the proprietor's gain ; I fliould advife 

 all owners of woods, ftudious of fuch an 

 emolument, whether the Jylva cadua is 

 felled by themfelves, or fold to others by 

 the acre, that they truft not even their own 

 woodfellers, much lefs theirs that buy the 

 fame for fale again, to fet out at their dif- 

 cretion after their indeliberate and blunder- 

 ing manner, the proper ftock of ftandils^ or 

 'WeaverSy either in quantity, or quality. But 

 if the matter is thought below the perfonal 

 attendance of fuch owners, or at an incom-. 

 modious diftance 5 that-- — they make choice 

 of fome judicious woodward, and the better 

 to engage his care, to afcertain to him more 

 than common wages, fome time before an 

 ax, or hatchet is that way employed, to 

 traverfe the wood intended to be felled, 

 having with him a boy carrying a pot, or 

 tin kettle of tar, foft greafe, and foot ftirred 

 up together 3 in order with a brufh to mark 



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