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' Timber then being readily to be con- 

 verted into money, may not improperly be 

 looked upon as current Specie — And by this 

 kind of brokerage will pay intereft upon in- 

 tereft — As likewife advance fuch capital ad 

 valorem — viz. for aJl the charge that by this 

 practice be brought upon it. 



■'-It is now fome years fince, on thefe to 

 me indubitable reafons, accompanied with 

 ample demonftration of the conformable 

 faccefs of manifold experiments of this kind 5 

 that I had then, fome intention of tendering 

 my fervice to his Majefty now on the throne, 

 for the T'ypical execution of the like prac- 

 tice, in fome of his forefls : And new foreft 

 in Hampjhire^ more particularly 5 wherein 

 by this time, there cannot now be lefs than 

 a hundred thovifand young Oaks, which 

 ftand in need of fuch culture ^ if the 

 ordained in the late King William'^ time, for 

 enclofing a vaft quantity of acres therein, 

 and inftantly fowing the fame with acorns, 

 was well executed ; and afterward all cattle 

 kept out:, 



