The hocvs't. 



either, when once fairly on fire, will never go out. If it 

 be on lire at one end, and you leave it to itself in that state, 

 the fire will keep eating on till it has consumed the whole 

 log. What a difference, even in this respect, between this 

 wood and any wood that we have of common growth in 

 England ! 



361. This tree grows even bettei' in England than in the 

 United States of America, generally. Along the coast, in 

 Pennsylvania, it will not thrive. It grows pretty well in 

 some parts of Long Island ; but not nearly so fast and 

 so clear as in England. They plant it in their fields, 

 though they have so much of natural woods« They 

 never neglect to cherish the Locust tree, though they 

 slaughter every thing else. It does not grow so fast as in 

 England. It is very dear, compared with other timber, A 

 good large tree will fetch from ten to twenty pounds ; and, 

 while this is the price of Locust, they cut up the most 

 beautiful Oa/i:-trees (ov Jive-wood ! 



362. We have this famous tree, and have had it for about 

 ahundred years, growing In our ornamental plantations. I 

 saw a tree or two that had been cut down in the gardens 

 of Lord Ranelagh, at Fulham, in 1819, just after my 

 return from America. These trees were sold to a carpenter, 

 and I bought one of them. 1 have applied the timber to 

 several uses, such as dog-houses, a ivood-cutting horse, sills 

 for a smoke-house. X have had a window-sill, made of this 

 Fulham Locust, on purpose to show at the Office of the 

 Register, where any gentleman may now see it. It is about 

 seven inches through. I have also had some little blocks of 

 this wood cut out, and they are at the Office of the Register 

 for any one to look at, and, li good reasoft be given for it, to 



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