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^iuality living in different parts af the Nation^ deiiring 
their opinions and aniwers, that by comparifon, fome 
judgment might be made of fo unufoal deftrudtive and 
unwelcome a matter , which elpecially bent its force 
againft Oahes^ as a ftout enemy affaulting the ftrongeft 
fort. 
1 . Whether other Trees were fplit befides Oahc'S- > 
2. Whether any did fplJt with a noife ? 
3 . W hether all Trees did fplit towards the fame point 
oftliQcompafs} 
4. Whether tliQ fplittm^ were more conimion in the 
truuj^ on in the bou^bs ^ 
S Whether any he were found fiiice in any of the Ftf* 
fels of the Wood f 
6. Whether the Trees fplit ^ be any of them dead-} 
7. Whether any of the Trees fplit have clofed fince ? 
8. Whether they are fplit ThroughyOt only on one fide ? 
9. Whether the bar\e hj fpIittinghQ loofened from 
the Tvood? 
10. Whether the roots have been any wayes affeded as 
well as the Bodies of the Trees ? 
In anfwer to the firft of thefe 5 'tis too well known 
that other Timber-trees befides were alio cleft, as 
Elmes by Mr. Langhys houfe the Minifter oiTumtvorth^ 
^ndijljhes of confiderable bulk and value , defigned for, 
and capable of diverle ufes, as Windmill-pofts ^ Dreffer« 
boards, and other necelTary occafions. Alfo Walnut-trees 
in diverfe places have fuffered by this calamity , and 
proved extreamly cleft; tho indeed it hath been moft 
frequent among Oakes ^ many of which have been di- 
vided to great detriment m England, fome being fo 
rent that a man may fee through them, and that many 
times the fr^^^-^j* came with lo great noife ( wliTch may 
anfwer the id Querie ) that as it is related from Need- 
VQood Forreft they made fuch a noife^ that the Kippers 
there thought that the Deer were (hot by the people of 
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