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each successive blow, and this horizontal cut is 

 carried all round with the exception of about six 

 inches upon the side to which it is intended that 

 the tree should falL When at length the trunk 

 begins to gman, and the branches are seen to 

 quiver in the breeze, a loud halioo is given in 

 order to warn the neiy^hboring cuUers to stand 

 clear, and a lew sturdy strokes through the bark 

 and remnant of the stem send it thnndering to 

 the ground* not unfrequently involvmg two or 

 three minor ones in the same ruin. 



Let my readers picture to thejnselves upwards 

 of a hundred cutlers all employed in a small space, 

 the ground already strown with prostrate trees 

 io every direction, ao as to render flight nearly 

 impracticable, whilst others are crashing aU 

 around, and they will agree that the situation of 

 tliese men, and that of the covering parly wiiich 

 protected them presented a combinution of the 

 extremely hazardous and awfully sublime, and 

 that the few ca.siialftv?i which occurred in compa- 

 ri-i^on with wfiat might have been expected must 

 be traced to the overruling superintendance of 

 Providence. 



On the 6th March, three of the Sappers and 

 Miners were severely hurt by the falhng tree«, 

 and 1 may here remark that I believe that no rnan, 

 who ever was injured in this manner, was capable 

 of returning to his duty during the remainder of 

 the campaign. i 



On iheHih Captain Burgess oi'the 5th M, L 

 joined with his Company, and Ensign Boulder- 

 son of the 29th to relieve Ensign Short of the 

 same Corps in the command of the Ligixt Com- 



