S 1 L V A: 



o B, 



A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES, 



AND 



THE PROPAGATION OF TIMBER IN HIS MAJESTY'S 



DOMINIONS, &c. 



Tuque ades, inceptumque una decurre laborem, 

 O decus, 6 famae raerito pars maxima nostrae, 

 Carolide, pelagoque volans da vela patent! : 

 Da facilem cursum, atque audacibus annua cceptis ; 

 Ignarosque viae mecum miseratus agrestes, 

 Ingredere, et votis jam nunc assuesce vocari. 



THE INTRODUCTION. 



1. Since there is nothing which seems more fatally to threaten a weak- introd. 

 ening, if not a dissolution, of the strength of this famous and flourishing ^'^'"v"^ 

 nation, than the sensible and notorious decay of her Wooden Walls, 

 when, either through time, negligence, or other accident, the present 

 navy shall be worn out and impaired ; it has been a very worthy and 

 seasonable advertisement in the honourable the principal Officers and 

 Commissioners, what they have lately suggested to this illustrious Society 

 for the timely prevention and redress of this intolerable defect. For it 

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