The Locust. 



346. But, now comes the great question : Will these trees 

 grow in England ? Will they arrive at a good size in Eng- 

 land ? And will they arrive at that size in a reasonable 

 space of time ? As to the two first. Yes ; simply YES : and, 

 as to the last, they will arrive at a good size even sooner than 

 a worthless and villanous Scotch Fir, 



347. However, this part of the subject must not be slurred 

 over. 1 must do it justice. I have anew set of proofs, and 

 those most interesting indeed, connected with this part of the 

 subject. In my next Number, I will give an account of actual 

 experiments as to the growth of these trees in England ; 

 and when I have done that, I will send to Fleet-street spe- < 

 cimens of this kind of timber grown in England, I will 

 show, that the country would have been worth a hundred 

 millions of pounds sterling more than it now is, if this sort 



of tree had, during the last forty years, been cultivated in- 

 stead of the villanous race of Firs. I have facts to state 

 upon this subject; facts wholly undeniable, that must inte- 

 rest every man that has got any feeling about him, be he in 

 what situation of life he may. 



348. I have, this morning, measured and weighed the 

 post of Mr. Mitchell and that of Mr. Lawrence. The 

 former, which the reader will observe, is, for the greater 

 part, squared, contains nearly about what is called half a 

 foot of timber ; and it weighs twenty-eight pounds and a half 

 avoirdupois. The post of Mr. Lawrence, which is round, 

 contains, as nearly as possible, what is called a foot of tim- 

 ber ; and it weighs sixty-nine pounds and three quarters. 

 Here, then, is a foot of timber, standing in the capacity of 

 a post out of doors, and in a gutter ; standing thus for up- 

 wards of fourscore years, and weighing sixty-nine pounds 

 and three quarters at the end of that time. Mind, too, that 



