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in his fortunes, would without Angular rea* 

 fons, take down for his own ufe, or falc, 

 thriving and trees of finifhed growths pro- 

 mifcuoufly. And the aforefaid obfervation 

 will dired him to the knowledge what Oaks 

 have done growing, or are leaft growing : 

 As all apparent vigorous trees, are ever found 

 the backwardefl: in leaving out in the fpring ; 

 in like manner as the undebarked boughs to 

 their affociates : Provided they are of one 

 and the fame fpecies — the fame bignefs— 

 like foil — and on the like expofure — even 

 let the genus arboreal be what it will, either 

 fruit, or forefter, the argument will hold 

 good, whoever fhall give themfelves the 

 trouble of a comparative meafurement of the 

 bodies of fuch Oaks with others : But they 

 fhould take this caution with them, viz, 

 to obferve which had maft, or moft maft 

 that year for in plenteous maft years, the 

 timber grows but Uttle, and in like manner 

 fruit trees when much loaded. 



My next propofition is, the fafeft means 

 I know of, to prevent damage accruing 

 necelTarily to the body of an Oak at fuch 

 part, as where any larger boughs than I have 

 propofed, even large arms of timber trees 



are 



